DAY 8 – Sunday 10 June 2012 Coober Pedy to Yulara (20 km out)

Trip Meter Reading Start – 1120            Trip Meter Reading Finish - 1840
Total Km Travelled – 720 km
Fuel Costs & Consumption

Mount Connor (not Uluru)

Fill up Marla

LPG @ $1.25 / litre; 63.94 litres $80.50 (trip meter reading 1364 km)
Fill up Kulgera
Petrol @ $1.95 / litre; 71.29 litres $139.02 (trip meter reading 1542 km)

Comments -  Luke Baker
I saw Mount Connor.  Mum thought it was Ayers Rock LOLJ.  We free camped where we could see Ayers Rock.  The dirt was very red. 

Comments -  Mum and Dad

Free camp 20km from Yulara

This was a massive drive today as there is not much in between.  Put the pedal to the metal and decided to drive to a free camp just 20 km outside of Yulara.  As we were heading toward Yulara, we saw “the rock”.  We pulled over for a photo and it was then the ‘Tarplee’ family kindly broke the bad news that ‘the rock’ was Mount Connor.  Oh well, we were still excited and it was a big rock formation in the middle of nowhere.  Squarer than Uluru but still beautiful.     Mark was terribly enthusiastic to try and find the perfect campsite with a view of ‘the rock’ and almost managed to get the car bogged in soft sand....arrrgh.  After unsuccessfully trying to locate the Sandy Rest area marked in the Camps 5 book we all settled on a campsite off the road.  The kids had a great area to ride around on their bikes and it was a good opportunity for them to stretch their legs and burn off some energy after 8 hours in the car.  Lit a nice fire and settled in for the night.