Mount Ebenezer Roadhouse was the only structure we saw on the ride between Alice Springs and Uluru, though we crossed 8 cattle stations according to our guide.
There's really not much out here...
Mt. Conner can easily be confused with Uluru...
On the Curtin Springs Cattle Station - lots of red dirt.
Kata Tjuta, also known as Mount Olga, are a group of large domed rock formations near Uluru.
Me in the Olgas.
Uluru (the Aboriginal name), also referred to as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia. Uluru is sacred to the Aboriginal people of the area. It has many springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings. Uluru is listed as a World Heritage Site. It really is quite pretty.
Visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists a year, Uluru is one of Australia's most iconic images. In some places, the rock is quite steep, 60 degrees (pictured here) and requires a chain handhold. Climbing Uluru is generally closed to the public when the winds are high, as they were the day I was here. There have been at least 35 deaths relating to recreational climbing since such incidents began being recorded.
The local Aboriginals do not climb Uluru because of its great spiritual significance. They request that visitors do not climb the rock, partly due to the path crossing a sacred traditional Dreamtime track, and also due to a sense of responsibility for the safety of visitors. The visitors guide says "the climb is not prohibited, but we prefer that, as a guest on Anangu land, you will choose to respect our law and culture by not climbing." I seems like most people climb it. I hadn't planned to, but a lot of people on our bus were very disappointed.
We had dinner as the sun set at Uluru. Unfortunately the weather was windy, overcast, and a little rainy so we didn't get a spectacular sunset with the rock changing colors like you see in many pictures, but it was still a lot of fun.
BTW, the drive back to Alice Springs was quite the adventure... Remember all that "nothing" on the drive here? Well at night, when it's pitch black, and the only lights around are the busses headlights - there's a whole lot of black! AND kangaroos! We swerved several times to avoid an accident! Typically there's not a whole lot of driving going on ouin the Outback at night. I guess our guides were just really good. Or really crazy. :)
There's really not much out here...
Mt. Conner can easily be confused with Uluru...
On the Curtin Springs Cattle Station - lots of red dirt.
Kata Tjuta, also known as Mount Olga, are a group of large domed rock formations near Uluru.
Me in the Olgas.
Uluru (the Aboriginal name), also referred to as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia. Uluru is sacred to the Aboriginal people of the area. It has many springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings. Uluru is listed as a World Heritage Site. It really is quite pretty.
Visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists a year, Uluru is one of Australia's most iconic images. In some places, the rock is quite steep, 60 degrees (pictured here) and requires a chain handhold. Climbing Uluru is generally closed to the public when the winds are high, as they were the day I was here. There have been at least 35 deaths relating to recreational climbing since such incidents began being recorded.
The local Aboriginals do not climb Uluru because of its great spiritual significance. They request that visitors do not climb the rock, partly due to the path crossing a sacred traditional Dreamtime track, and also due to a sense of responsibility for the safety of visitors. The visitors guide says "the climb is not prohibited, but we prefer that, as a guest on Anangu land, you will choose to respect our law and culture by not climbing." I seems like most people climb it. I hadn't planned to, but a lot of people on our bus were very disappointed.
We had dinner as the sun set at Uluru. Unfortunately the weather was windy, overcast, and a little rainy so we didn't get a spectacular sunset with the rock changing colors like you see in many pictures, but it was still a lot of fun.
Dinner!
The crowds gather to watch the rock at sunset.
Overcast but still beautiful...
The crowds gather to watch the rock at sunset.
Overcast but still beautiful...
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