Uluru Adventures

Term 1 School holidays: Uluru/Kata Tjuta National Park, Kings Canyon, West MacDonnell ranges, Alice Springs. Almost 5000km covered in a week.

Chillin’ in the back seat

Benno and the Rock

Uluru, heading towards sunset.

The boyz and Uluru at sunset.

Cassia Walk lookout, Simpson’s Gap, West MacDonnell ranges.

Alice Springs Desert Park birds.

Ellery Creek Big Hole where we went swimming, West MacDonnell Ranges.

Red dust by Uluru.

Caterpillar- he/she couldn’t decide which toilets to go to at King’s Canyon.

Girls by Uluru at sunset.

Sunrise over Uluru at the lookout from our accommodation.

Kata Tjuta in the distance.

Gorge at Kata Tjuta Valley of the Winds.

Kata Tjuta from the lookout at the accommodation.

Walking through King’s Canyon.

Dry creek bed at King’s Canyon.

Excellent rock cleavage at King’s Canyon.

King’s Canyon.

King’s Canyon – looking up at the rim.

Lara and Uluru pre-sunset.

It’s a lizard! Base walk around Uluru.

The Moon. It looked quite big over Uluru.

Morning star. Is it Venus? From the lookout.

Fake Uluru, Mt Connor.

Ochre Pits. A 2 day walk from Uluru if you need to top up on paint colours.

Classroom Rock Paintings, pointed out by a Ranger on the free Mala walk around Uluru.

Sedimentary, Metamorphic rocks…on display at the Desert Park.

The rock and sand is red due to iron oxide (rust).

Simpson’s Gap, view from the lookout on the Cassia walk.

Simpson’s Gap was so peaceful and cool.

Simpson’s Gap.

Spinifex Pidgeon.

Uluru.

Sturt Desert Pea at Desert Park.

Sunrise sky colours from the accommodation lookout.

Thorny devils are much smaller than I thought they were. On display eating ants at the Desert Park.

Big Rock.

Driving towards Uluru.

Moon rise above Uluru.

Uluru at sunset. Magic.

Uluru at sunset.

Uluru at sunset.

Uluru at sunset.

Uluru at sunset.

Looking out across the Valley of the Winds at Kata Tjuta.

West Macdonnell ranges

Yellow.