Day 15 – Kings Canyon to Uluru

Phil woke this morning with a very sore back and we had another giggle. We packed up, showered and made our way to Uluru which was only about a 3-3.5 hour trip. About 150kms out Phil pointed and said look at that, it was Uluru! We could see it already and my response was “that’s a big f*&king rock”! We stopped at Curtin Springs Roadhouse so Phil could have a beer and I ordered a snickers…woohoo! And then we were back on the road.

Uluru from 150kms out.

We made camp, the Ayres Rock Campground and went into reception to check in. There was a huge line, three people working two of which were not really interested in being there! We were served by a man who I called the Sloth as he reminded me of the sloth out of Zootopia, that’s how slow he was doing EVERYTHING! We finally got directions and went to set up. We had a quick bite to eat and made our way to the Olgas.

There wasn’t much information about the Olgas, what they were or how they were formed which was pretty disappointing. I actually still don’t know much about them except what is in our tourist information booklet which states that Kata Tjuta (the aboriginal name for the Olgas) consists of 36 domes, the highest of the rises 546m above the plain, 198m higher than Uluru. When we arrived at the Olgas we did a very short walk in between two of the domes and had some photos. The rock was actually incredibly. It’s quite smooth and unusual, quite hard to describe.

We went back to camp after gathering some more fire wood, had dinner and sat around the fire for a little while. On the menu tonight was marinated chicken wings and potatoes that we cooked in the fire and added sour cream! YUM! 

A few more shots of Uluru as we left the Olgas.