Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Well day 2 at Uluru and it was a very interesting day it was.

We were definitely last out of the camp, not that I was a stay in bed, I was not up early but I did get up at a reasonable time.

First stop of the day was the camel farm. Quite a large vibrant operation and not at all what we expected. There was some very interesting photographs giving excerpts from the history of camels in Australia, maybe 30 or 40 of them. There was also some old carriages etc and of lots of camels. All in all an worthwhile visit to a surprisingly large concern.

Then some housekeeping, fuel, water & tyres. On to the park passing the entry gate showing our passes at 1135 am. Today's visit was to the cultural centre and once again a big lesson in the tjukitja of the Anangu people. The tjukitja is their story of creation and their beginnings and is a bit of an eye opening saga. As you see I am getting quite an indoctrination but it is interesting and I am glad that we have been able to have this opportunity. Here at Uluru they are at pains to tell visitors their tjukitja  and the detrimental effects of Europeans and how they are overcoming that within the society which we have created and that they are, at least partially, assimilated. The pity is the that my old overloaded brain will not remember all the detail. Once again a tiring day.

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