DAY 9 – Monday 11 June 2012 Uluru – The Olgas exploring

Trip Meter Reading Start – 1840            Trip Meter Reading Finish - 2001
Total Km Travelled – 161 km

Gateway to Red Centre

Fuel Costs & Consumption
No filling up today

Comments -  Luke Baker

We went to the Olgas and did a 7.4 km walk; it took us 2.5 hours.  We also saw Ayers Rock.  We watched an aboriginal cultural dance.   



Luke with his new 'brothers'

Christine Brumby is an artist from Manaru Community on Anangu land - Luke bought this painting.  The community profits totally from the sales of their art and helps eliminate poverty in their community.  Luke watched Christine paint this peice from start to finish and explained it's significance.

Comments -  Mum and Dad

This morning we booked into the Ayers Rock campground for two nights.  Today we travelled the 50 kilometres to ‘Kata Tjuta’ (The Olgas) after paying $50 for our 3 day permit into the Uluru National Park.  With the Tarplee family (4 adults and 3 kids in tow) we decided to tackle the 7.4 km walk through the Valley of the Winds (Mark added his own wind to this of course; I must say the air fresher Kaiko gave me before I left has come in handy lol....).  The kids did a great job walking all that way.  It was in no way a flat walk and we had to climb up rock walls and down rock banks.  We cannot believe how beautiful this place is; at the top of the gorge it started to rain, yet looking up through the steep redness of rock was blue sky and below lush plantings of green gum and thick wild grasses.  The photos speak for themselves.



Kata Tjuta (The Olgas)

The so called 4.5 hr walk (which, because we are so fit, took a mear 2.5 hrs) was amazing.  Back to town square at Yulara we stocked up and essentials and sat on the grassed area to watch traditional aboriginal dancing.  Back at camp, we enjoyed hot showers; cranked up the heating via the air con;  Mark got the telly fired up and we watched our first tv program ‘The Voice’.....what more do you need....it’s been a full and amazing dayJ

Enjoying sunset at Uluru with the Tarplee family