Uluru– Kata Tjuta National Park (the Rock - & the Olgas)

Wednesday the 10^th of November 2010

News Flash

We were on the road around 7:30am as it was a 30 minute drive to the Rock from Yulara and we had booked ourselves on a guided tour with the local it turns al rangers which started at 8am.

When we got there was a sign saying the climb was closed. (not that I was ever going to climb anyway, I choose to respect the local Aboriginal wishes) The guides talked to us about the Aboriginal Creation (the local term for Aboriginal Dreaming) the plant life and wildlife. I found the guided walk really interesting and informative, for example Uluru is actually on its side. You can actually see the layers of sediment and instead of being horizontal they are vertical!!! Uluru is also covered with iron oxide which they believe was blown in from Western Australia. The Iron Oxide is basically what stops the rock from eroding away at a much faster rate. Probably the best thing about the Guided Tour is that it was free.

We headed for Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) and arrived there just after 11am, which meant that the walk from the 1^st lookout was closed. Not that we were planning on walking the whole thing anyway because we’re basically lazy and it was getting pretty hot by that stage.

Everything out here is impressive and big, for what it’s worth I think a trip out here is absolutely worth the effort.

So here is another reason you should wear Draggin jeans, some plonker (that would be me) burnt his leg on his exhaust because he rode around with shorts on and yes it hurts.

Cheers

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