Trans Oceania 2014 - Alice Springs Rest Day | Friday, November 7 - Uluru 2

Day two - Curtin Springs to Kata Tjuta and Uluru

This morning we drive to the amazing site of Kata Tjuta. Feel the spiritual significance of the place as we walk through the towering domes in the Valley of the Winds and listen to your guide tell stories about the land and show you some bush tucker along the way.

After the hike we have lunch then head to the Uluru Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre where you can learn more about the cultural significance of the region and listen to tales from the 'Tjukurpa' dreamtime.

In the evening, we watch the spectacular sunset over Uluru and enjoy a hearty dinner. We spend tonight at our Uluru campground, fully equipped with toilets and showers.

We woke up around 445am to some soothing music from the bus, packed up the swags and had a “bush breakfast”,  dipping a cup into a pot of hot water and then adding tea or coffee and making toast on a four sided burner atop the gas cooker at the back of the trailer.

 

 Then off we drove into the Reserve ghetting our first good look at Uluru before turning off to Kata Tjuta (“The Olgas”) for a hot and sweaty hike with a few steep climbs and descents which managed to disassemble the structure of my Nikes!

We then headed to our campsite within the Uluru Tourist Accommodation area. It had its own powered communal hut with water and a “Subway style” lunch was laid out.Next stop was the Cultural Centre which has a café and decent toilets. From there for a quick walk around part of the Rock and then to the sunset viewing spot where Tom made a pasta and a chicken stew for dinner.

  Unfortunately, there was a fair bit of cloud cover so the sunset was muted as was the colour of Uluru.

After the sun had set we drove back to the campsite, rolled out the swags and went to sleep, interrupted by an electrical storm at about 2am which lit up the skies, loud thunder and even a bit of rain which sent us inside the cabin for the rest of the night. I ended up sleeping on the table!