Big water hole
Driving from Alice Springs
Uluru!!!
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I'm writing in the bus right now. Here's the view
And that's most of today!
Though first we had a quick trip down to the big water hole near to Alice Springs. A series of rocky hills divides the country near Alice Springs. One of the reasons the town is there is due to the small divide in this range that sits nearby. Here a dry river bed, rail track and highway all allow movement from one side to the other. Other than this the only other accessible pass is hundreds of kilometre's away.
However about an hour up the road a small divide is evident in the hills. A small creek passes through this point. Where it hits the rocks it has warn a small pond which is filled with brown, tannin laden, water. Here we went for a cool morning swim. A beautiful little place for a little exercise and bonding before our 7 hour drive down to Uluru.
The rest of the day involved watching red desert and a few bushy shrubs roll past the windows. We'd see a few more hills, rocks, and trees. There was a service station next to an Emu farm- that didn't serve Emu! Very disappointed. I got a lot of writing done, did some reading, many of us slept. This is Australia. It's the size of Europe, bigger than the USA, we have thousands of miles to cover. The day after tomorrow we're set to do even more!
Finally, though, we made it to Uluru, the original name for Ayre's Rock. We were there just in time for sunset. I've put many more photos of Uluru on my brand new Instagram account name is Dr_ama_dinosaur there's plenty of photos on there and I'm trying to add to them as much as possible.
That night we slept in swags again, under the desert stars.
