Lee and Sonya's World Travels

Sunday, May 14, 2006

Uluru (Ayres Rock) Northern Territory. Australia.











As we flew in to Uluru airport we were flown over the top of Ayres Rock, our first sighting of this amazing Rock, It looked spectacular from above. We arrived at our hostel which was alot better than expected, it had a great alfresco area where they had a superb acoustic guitarist playing at night, he also played the digerido which sounded quite wierd when he was playing it to wonderwall.

After dropping off our bags we decided to go up to the lookout point which is about 16km from the Rock, for a view. It didn't disappoint, it just had this an amazing aura and power about it. We just sat there for ages staring at it. Alot of people that we have met so far in Oz say its a waste of time going as its only a rock, i'm guessing those same people have never seen it in person. Its hard to explain its aura but those people who've been here will know what i'm talking about.

After a crap nights sleep due to some swiss bloke snoring all night we had to get up at 5am to travel to the rock for the sunrise. It was bloody freezing so the free cups of coffee and biscuits came in handy. The sun eventually rose after about one hour of standing in the cold and was definitely worth it. Then it was off for the cultural base walk around the rock. We decided not to climb the rock not only because aboriginal people do not want you to climb it and we wanted to respect their wishes, but also because a guy died the day before as he fell off it and suffered severe head injuries after running down the rock when he saw his bus leaving. But the cultural walk was brilliant we had two guides taking us round and explaining all the meanings of the different markings of the rock and telling us aboriginals stories about the fights that took place on there then it was off into some of the caves, we saw some cool aboriginal art and features including a huge water hole! After the walk it was back to the hostel for some well deserved kip without the snorer then it was up for The Olgas and sunset tour. In the meantime two columbians had moved into our room and we just knew we were not going to sleep much tonight either!
The trip took us to The Olgas another rock formation what a wonderful place especially the walk into The Olgas then it was off for champagne and nibbles to watch the sunset! Again pretty spectacular as the rock continually changed colour and then it was back to the hostel for cook your own meal night! Its a huge bbq area you choose what meat you want and then cook it up bloody marvelous. The entertainment for the evening was an acoustic guitarist who also playing the digeradoo he was fab, we spent the eveing with a couple we had met whilst watching ther sunset called Kam and Tony from london a very fun couple and a good laugh was had.
A truly magical experience and i advise anyone coming to Australia, make the time and see The Rock with your own eyes, i promise you will not be disappointed.

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