A Travel Blog
We have been back south for five days now, and it is high time we closed off this shortened holiday blog. We drove off from Yulara at 5.30am last Sunday, with our lovely breakfast kits supplied by Desert Gardens Hotel. It was raining, slightly, and for 170kms we saw no other vehicle. Sadly, we saw no critters … Read more
Our last full day in the park was a cool one with a forecast maximum of 13°C, though we think it eventually got to 15°C. Our aim was to do the last of the three main walks we had planned to do in the region, the Valley of Winds Walk in Kata Tjuta. We got to the … Read more
The Centre is a vast place, and you can drive around it for kilometres, enjoying its subtle diversity without seeing anything particularly stunning until suddenly the Western MacDonnells or Watarrka or Uluru or Kata Tjuta or one of the other sparsely scattered but dramatic landforms will appear. Many explorers wandered Australia’s vast interior, some rather … Read more
Today was simply a getting to Yulara (the township supporting Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park) day. It’s 300 kms or thereabouts from Watarrka to Yulara, with not a lot of “civilisation” in between, and we stopped at both of them! First up, 40 kms down the road, is King’s Creek Station. We chatted to an old … Read more
Well, after 15 years anyhow. This is one of THE walks in Australia to our minds, though admittedly our walking experience is somewhat narrow. Still, when you see our images and videos below, you will hopefully understand what we mean (even if you don’t agree!) We have done the Rim Walk three times now, and I was … Read more