Uluru, Northern Territories
The route will cover:
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One can hardly get lost on the Lasseter Highway/Red Centre Way! We pass Curtin Springs Airport to our left and the Royal Flying Doctor Service and medical centre at Yulara before arriving at Uluru.
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We pulled into the Curtin Springs roadhouse to top up the petrol - $2.24/Ltr!!!!!
The caravan park:
Ayers Rock Campground at Yulara
Phone: +61 8 8957 7001
Email: campground@ayersrockresort.com.au
Email: campground@ayersrockresort.com.au
Mobile and TV reception:
Mobile coverage:
Optus 4 out of 5 bands for signal strength
Telstra 4 out of 5 bands for broadband
TV reception includes:
4 Analogue stations - Fairly good reception
Rates:
Nightly Campground Rates*
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Room Type
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Rate
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Extra Person
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Child
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Valid for travel 1 June 2013 - 31 August 2013
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Campground Cabin^
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$155 (1-6 people)
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Camping Powered Site
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$46 (1-2 people)
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$19.50
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$9.50
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This was our first encounter of Ayres Rock. We had just passed through Curtin Springs and were about 80 Kilometres from Uluru. The rock had a purple tinge to its colour and seemed to dominate the view
Needless to say, Buddy wanted into the act, just to prove he was there!
Buddy gets into all the photographs!
Surrounding area:
Two major attractions. One is, of course, Ayres Rock, the other, The Olgas
Liz: The landscape changed all the way to-day & is very interesting, then there it was - our first sighting of the monolith. It was quite an emotional time for me as I did not think I would ever see Uluru & we just happened to have Pavarotti's beautiful voice to complete a surreal moment in time.
We arrived at the Uluru caravan park at 3pm and simply set up the caravan, had a look around the facilities of the site (It included a Police Station, Ambulance station, Fire Station, several shops, a supermarket. I’m sure there was more but that was what we saw.
At sunset (6:17pm) I set off to the local lookout (in the park) and took a few shots of Ayres Rock (Uluru)
This shot was taken from the lookout point with the caravan park at Uluru. Ayres Rock was about 30 kilometres from us, so I took the shot with my telephoto Lenz.
Tomorrow we will pick up a permit ($25/per adult for 3 days) and get really close.
Thursday 25th July.
True to our schedule we drove to Uluru to get up close and personal with Ayres Rock. Despite thinking it was just another rock (other than its immense size - well it is a monolith ) there was a certain ambience when close by. It was also amazing to see how much flora had taken hold. Anyway, without further ado, here are a few of the 69 photographs I took (it was difficult to stop as there was so much to see).
One of the many angles of Uluru
Trying (unsuccessfully) to give the impression of height!
Surrounding foliage basking in the shadows of Uluru (Ayres Rock)
Grass and trees via for a spot in the sun
Signs from time gone by.
It's not 'just a rock'
Our final visit to Uluru was at sunset. Here are a few photographs of the rock, taken within 10 minutes:
The remainder of the photographs are on my Facebook page.
Tomorrow we visit Kata Tjuta (the 'Olgas') where we intend doing a few little walking tours.
Friday:
Today we drove 50 kilometres to Kata Tjuta to walk the 'Valley of the winds', and to take photographs during the walk and during the sunset.
The walk included sections graded 1 (easy), 2, 3 and 4 (difficult). I managed the first three but gave up during the grade 4 section - it was a heart stopper!
Here is a few of the photographs; again the rest are on Facebook:
This was our first sight of the Olgas. I guess we were about 10 kilometres away around 2pm in the afternoon.
The drive from Yulara (where our caravan was located) to the Olgas was about 50 kilometres each way.
I read, somewhere, that the highest peak in the Olga's was about 235 feet higher than Uluru. It was certainly an imposing sight.
Fortunately there were a lot of information plaques around that provided important historical facts regarding the area and the people who lived (and still do) look after the national park.
This and the following photos show the colour change at sunset.
Oh well, just had to get into the act :)
The sun has almost set.
The final shot at sunset.
Saturday:
For our last day, we decided to revisit Uluru and do a walk we had not done before. It was graded 'Easy" - and so it was.
Our base station for the 'Kuniya Walk' showing the South side of Uluru.
Still on the south side but 'up front and personal!
Towards the end of our walk after about 1.5 hours.
Tomorrow, we head off to Kings Canyon.
True to our schedule we drove to Uluru to get up close and personal with Ayres Rock. Despite thinking it was just another rock (other than its immense size - well it is a monolith ) there was a certain ambience when close by. It was also amazing to see how much flora had taken hold. Anyway, without further ado, here are a few of the 69 photographs I took (it was difficult to stop as there was so much to see).
One of the many angles of Uluru
Trying (unsuccessfully) to give the impression of height!
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| Take a load off your feet |
Surrounding foliage basking in the shadows of Uluru (Ayres Rock)
Grass and trees via for a spot in the sun
Signs from time gone by.
It's not 'just a rock'
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| The site had many information plaques describing what was to be seen |
Our final visit to Uluru was at sunset. Here are a few photographs of the rock, taken within 10 minutes:
The remainder of the photographs are on my Facebook page.
Tomorrow we visit Kata Tjuta (the 'Olgas') where we intend doing a few little walking tours.
Friday:
Today we drove 50 kilometres to Kata Tjuta to walk the 'Valley of the winds', and to take photographs during the walk and during the sunset.
The walk included sections graded 1 (easy), 2, 3 and 4 (difficult). I managed the first three but gave up during the grade 4 section - it was a heart stopper!
Here is a few of the photographs; again the rest are on Facebook:
This was our first sight of the Olgas. I guess we were about 10 kilometres away around 2pm in the afternoon.
The drive from Yulara (where our caravan was located) to the Olgas was about 50 kilometres each way.
I read, somewhere, that the highest peak in the Olga's was about 235 feet higher than Uluru. It was certainly an imposing sight.
Fortunately there were a lot of information plaques around that provided important historical facts regarding the area and the people who lived (and still do) look after the national park.
This and the following photos show the colour change at sunset.
Oh well, just had to get into the act :)
The sun has almost set.
The final shot at sunset.
Saturday:
For our last day, we decided to revisit Uluru and do a walk we had not done before. It was graded 'Easy" - and so it was.
Our base station for the 'Kuniya Walk' showing the South side of Uluru.
Still on the south side but 'up front and personal!
Towards the end of our walk after about 1.5 hours.
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| Just had to have a rest |
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