Another morning after blog because I was too tired last night, although we did spend a little bit of time around the campfire. We have been lucky here with 4 other WA couples in this camp, all nice people and travelling together and we have become friendly. So all up this has been a good few days with good company and great things to see.

Now to the things to see, we made a late departure and headed off to Kata Tjuta (formally the Olgas) where we first did the Walpa Gorge walk. Once again a lot of effort has been put into this to make it interesting with a planned walk. The walk is through a high sided rick gorge with lots of plant life both on the ground and on the rocks with a bit of water towards the end of it. The upside of this effort is that there are not a lot of people running around all over the place and damaging the environment as they tend to stay on the track. There are also signs asking people to do exactly that. After lunch we headed of to the Kara lookout in another part of Kata Tjuta and again the majesty of the rocks puts one and life into perspective and into a contemplative mood. Such that I sat at the lookout for a while thinking about the whole thing and the wider implications. Elaine did part of both walks, good on her.

Then back to Uluru and a place called Talinguru Nyakunytjaka, now try to pronounce that out loud. This is a few kms away from the rock and is set up as another viewing area with 2 viewing platforms and interpretive walks to them from a large well made parking area. The view of the rock is different starting at flat ground level and was well worth the extra walk. I guess it is another respectful way of bringing tourists to the area and still protecting the environment and their heritage. Elaine stayed put this time.

Then back to the camp after refuelling again because we had done aver 200 kms running around the park!