Day 7: Yulara/Uluru

Both day 7 and 8 were spent in and around Uluru and Yulara. Today we visited the rock morning and evening, and avoided the heat by snoozing on the shady side of our caravan during the middle of the day while the kids played board games and devices, and played on the playground.

The first walk on day 7 followed the same path we had taken the previous evening, the Marla walk, however, this time with a pair of indigenous guides. They explained how the various caves were used, the meaning of the cave paintings, bush tucker, some of their creation story and traditions, as well as a geological description of the formation of Uluru and Kata Tjuta (the Olgas). There were certain parts of Uluru that we were asked not to photograph, as they were considered too sacred. They likened them to scriptures.

We had some downtime back at the caravan in the middle of the day, deciding that rest was a good idea!

In the evening we had planned to walk to the Mutitjulu waterhole, on the other side of Uluru. However, we realised the light would be better in the morning, so we returned to the Marla carpark, where we had been the previous evening, and that morning. Here we split up, with Kate and Adele retracing their steps (but with the good camera) from the night before.

Isaac and I headed in a counter-clockwise direction for about 20 minutes, before we all met back at the car.

On the way back to the caravan park, I took the chance to take some pictures of Uluru in the dark!