Typical rock colour at Alice springs
Our morning tea stop and opportunity for a camel ride
Camels in their pen
Emu at our morning tea stop
Parrots at our morning tea stop
Camels saddled up ready
A camel waiting for a passenger
Me walking towards my camel for my first camel ride
All aboard and ready to go
Getting off was scarier than getting on
All down safely - whew!
Not much to look at between stops
A very vast and desolate area of our great outback
Getting lost out here would not be fun
Heading towards our lunch stop
Our lunch stop between Alice a Springs and Uluru
Di and Ron with a traveller they had crossed paths with at Kakadu
Mount Connor - often confused with Uluru
The vast salt lakes
Mount Connor from the lookout
The road to Uluru
We had a long day getting to Uluru from Alice Springs after stopping for morning tea and a camel ride, lunch stop and a stop to see amount Connor and the Salt Lakes.
The outback was just that, miles and miles of not much to look at as the land is very flat. The distances are vast by our normal standards ( probably nothing over the top for the locals who would travel through the outback everyday - 4 hour drive would be nothing at all)
It was a good experience - especially the camel ride that I had on my bucket list.
Mount Connor was impressive in its size and it is easy to see why it gets confused with Uluru.
The Salt Lake was amazing and was huge in area.
Arriving at Uluru, it just suddenly appears as it is all set on flat land with no tall buildings. All of the resorts are side by side, basically mingled together by walkways so it takes a while to sort out directions. The whole area is overlooked by Ayes Rock which is visible from the town.
There is noting else around except for The Rock, The Olgas, the employees settlement situated just out of the township of Uluru, and some local homesteads and an Airport. The rest of the land is mainly cattle country, very flat and runs as far as the eye can see.
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