Bound for Uluru & Kata Tjuta (Yulara)

Back on the bitumen - Kulgera
Need to book in for a trivia night when we get back, we'll be full of knowledge at this rate. Having a quiet beverage with lunch at the Kulgera pub because outside was too fly blown it was discovered that we were a bees dick away from the true centre point of Australia. Pretty cool. Out in this part of the country is where they map the country from. See full of useful knowledge for the next trivia evening.

Uluru to Kata Tjuta
If you're strapped for time when in central Australia to see Uluru (Ayers Rock) then here's our tip to save an unsuspecting tourist 1/2 a day in travel time. About 140kms in on the Lasserter Hwy that takes you to Yulara (where
Uluru is located) is Mt Connor. If you weren't too familiar with the round shape of Uluru and that there was another 100 odd kms to go you could be convinced Mt Connor was the real deal. Feel a bit sorry for Mt Connor, its shear size is impressive but it is overlooked by Uluru. It's been listed on our list of "next trip adventures".

We made it into Yulara just before sunset so we headed to the rock to see what all the fuss was about witnessing with our own eyes an Uluru sunset. It didn't disappoint. View was spectacular. It is as some would say 'just a rock', yes but a pretty special rock. We scored on this evening. Just as the sun had set and tourists packed up to head in for the evening up popped the moon (we aren't considering ourselves tourists in this area we are one of the locals - great to see the large volume of international travellers supporting the Australian economy). It was a show in itself, watching the moon rise up from the horizon next to Uluru. Illuminating the sky with its red glow from the red centre sand.

Whilst at Yulara we took in the sites of Kuta Tjuta (the Olgas) with a hike in and around them followed by a mandatory closer look at Uluru. Two massive icons relatively close together (60kms apart - thats considered closenin my book for out in this part of the world) but yet totally different rock formations.

Uluru - to climb it or not to climb it? Really wasn't a hard decision to make for me. You'd have to be bloody mad to climb up that cliff face. Damian conquered it on his adventure in a bus with mates years ago, but was not so eager on this occasion to give it a whirl. Thank goodness!! Great entertainment watching others do it though!

Fuel Prices
Talk about getting stung on the price of fuel. Won't be complaining about the price back home anymore, we've got it good. Started at around $1.60 (Leeton), $1.77 (Hawker, SA), $1.99 (Maree), $2.05 (Kulgera). Held off filling up in Yulara thinking $2.25 was rich, they were just trying to sting unsuspecters. Silly silly decision, back on the highway at Curtin Springs it was $2.31. But it got better from there $2.33 at Kings Canyon. All worth it though for what we are getting the chance to check out.