Red Centre

We decided to take the long drive to Uluru after Edith Falls. Took us 2 days to get to Alice Springs. On the way, we stopped at Devil's Marbles outside of Tennant Creek.

Devil's Marble

We stayed 2 nights at The Gap View Hotel's campsite for a bargain price of $15/n. It is the cheapest in town as the other caravan parks were charging $50. We had the Sunday roast for $10. Temperature was a vast change from high 30s at Edith Falls to below 20 in town. The low in the mornings were between -1 to 1!

From Alice, it's another 365km to Yulara. We camped at Ayers Rock Resort at Yulara, which has luxury accommodation as well as campgrounds. It is about 30mins to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Our first night, we drove to the car sunset viewing area for our first sunset at the "rock". 

The next day, TJ ran around the base of the rock, approximately 10.6km while I did the guided Maya walk. We saw a lot of people climbing the rock but we decided not to as asked by the original owners, the Anangu people. They are planning to stop the climb by October. 

Kata-Tjuta, Valleys of the Wind

After a visit to the Cultural Centre and lunch, we drove to Kata-Tjuta or known as Oolgas in English. We did the Valley of the Winds walk. 

On our way back, we decided to watch the rock glowing orange one last time. This time, we took the time to watch and soak in the transformation instead of busy taking photos.

Kata-Tjuta