King Canyon

20.04

And it’s already our last day in the red center!! We are going to spend it at King Canyon, in Watarrka National Park.

We went for the big hike, going up on the canyon and walking along the rime. It’s a beautiful place, big gorge and all of those domes on top that look like they go to never end, love it. My favorite place in Australia so far. 

The hike was nice, not too hard, and for once our not so warm weather was nice. Not sure I would have like it soo much by 40°c…

After the hike, since there were nothing else to do in the area, we got back on the road for our final destination, Alice Spring.

We were half way there when we got a flat tire, great!! We had a spare wheel but to get to it, we had to unload all of our stuff in the trunk, fun time. What was even more fun was that the only guy in the car didn’t know how to change a tire, couldn’t believed it. The worst part about it was that he started to do it while we were getting the spare out, and the way he started to do it could have messed up the whole suspension! Is it so hard for a guy to ask a girl if she know how to do it??

So, since it was one of the first thing my dad taught me when I started driving, I took charge of the thing. We had all of the tools, but were missing the cross tool for the bolts. And it's when things got from bad to worst. He went back in the car saying he had an idea of what to use and came back out with a small foldable pliers, sure that it would work, WTF!! Almost lost it, I'm really patient, but it was getting to much. Hopefully after looking a bit more, we found the tool and with my instruction, been able to change the wheel.

So back on the road and arrived safely in Alice Spring, our last night of camping together, and it was freezing!!

Could have sat there for ever...

Garden of Eden

Water hole

Domes, domes, domes!!!

Got a new job ;)

Our last camping place

Uluru

19.04

An other 5:00am weak up call, and this time I had a really hard time to get up, even with the promise of a unique sunrise.

This time, we went to Uluru, same spot than we were for the sunset the night before.
We were supposed to see Uluru going from dark to red with the sun rising, but again, it was cloudy. Still a really nice view and always happy to watch the sunrising.

Then, we went for a walk at the base of Uluru. Every morning, there is a ranger that guide for free the Mala walk and that's what we did. I liked it a lot, learning a bit more about aboriginal culture and the meaning of the different part of Uluru.

Next we went back to the camp to pack our tents (didn't felt like doing it in the dark at 5:00am) and went back to the national park for an other short walk around Uluru. We didn't feel like doing the 10km base walk and drove around instead ;)

And it was already time to leave the area, direction King Canyon.
We stopped one last time in Yulara for lunch and we were back on the road, going to spend the night at the king canyon campground.

Mala Walk with the ranger

Learned that the paintings are the way they teach their kids, school time

The man place

The Kitchen

Old people place, can see the black on the roof from the fires

Water hole is in that corner

Uluru from an other side

A fly decided to get on my picture :(, those can be really bad around here

An other school

last sight of Uluru

This is how a charging point look like when we are around ;)

Kata Tjuta

18.04

So, we got up at 5:00am, in the dark and chilly weather. Didn't want to get up, but the promise of seeing the sunrise over Uluru is a good motivation.

We drove to the sunrise viewing point at Kata Tjuta. From there you can see the sun rising next to Uluru and the Kata Tjuta going from dark to red from the sun light. Unfortunately, it was cloudy, so the red color wasn't really there, but watching the sunrise here was still beautiful.

Next we went for the Valley of the Wind walk, 7,4km around Kata Tjuta, amazing place!!!
It took us less time than we thought it would, so on the way back to Yulara, we made a quick pictures stopped at Uluru.

We arrived back to the camp ground for lunch, and after that we decided to have a free afternoon. Everybody doing what they want and meeting back at 4:30pm to go watch the sunset.

I went to the town square, which is 3 restaurants and maybe 5 stores. There is an aboriginals market too, which is only one stand, with 2 aboriginals ladies doing some painting.

For the sunset, we went to a different spot that the night before. This time, we could see Uluru and Kata Tjuta with the sun setting in between.

Back to the camp for diner. What was supposed to be something quick ended up taking for ever to cook. By the time we went to bed, it was already 11:00pm, not too late, but with an other 5:00am weak up call in the morning, the night is going to be short...

Sunrise with Uluru

Kata Tjuta

Valley of the wind walk

Picture stop at Uluru

Meet the locals ;)

Sunset time