We've left Sydney and flown out to Ayers Rock, or Uluru as it is known to its Aboriginal owners. First impressions...it's wicked hot here, 104F in the shade, pushing 120F in the hottest parts! But as they say in Arizona, it's a dry heat. We took a walk into the Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) rock formation this afternoon to get our first taste of the area (about 50 km from Uluru) and saw some awesome rock formations. The highlight of today was the Sounds of Silence dinner where we heard a didgeridoo and had dinner under the stars in the middle of the desert. We are quite knackered, especially considering we are scheduled for a 5:00am sunrise walk around Uluru (named Ayers Rock by William Goss in 1873 after his hometown governor in Southern Australia, Governor Ayers.). It helps that we're sacking out in our second room upgrade of the trip. The first was in Queenstown (to a suite with kitchen and laundry), this time was to a 4.5 star sister hotel with douuble the room size. Score! That's all for now. Oh yeah, no posting of pics until we get closer to civilization again. Cheerio. (Updated 12/15/06 with picture of John and Carrie in front of Kata Tjuta.)
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Kata Tjuta
We've left Sydney and flown out to Ayers Rock, or Uluru as it is known to its Aboriginal owners. First impressions...it's wicked hot here, 104F in the shade, pushing 120F in the hottest parts! But as they say in Arizona, it's a dry heat. We took a walk into the Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) rock formation this afternoon to get our first taste of the area (about 50 km from Uluru) and saw some awesome rock formations. The highlight of today was the Sounds of Silence dinner where we heard a didgeridoo and had dinner under the stars in the middle of the desert. We are quite knackered, especially considering we are scheduled for a 5:00am sunrise walk around Uluru (named Ayers Rock by William Goss in 1873 after his hometown governor in Southern Australia, Governor Ayers.). It helps that we're sacking out in our second room upgrade of the trip. The first was in Queenstown (to a suite with kitchen and laundry), this time was to a 4.5 star sister hotel with douuble the room size. Score! That's all for now. Oh yeah, no posting of pics until we get closer to civilization again. Cheerio. (Updated 12/15/06 with picture of John and Carrie in front of Kata Tjuta.)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
I quite knackered just hearing of all your adventures. A 50km walk sounds long.You guys are getting to be the masters of hotel upgrades. You will have to share your secrets with me. What did you have for dinner? Thanks for the history of how Ayers rock got its name. Cherrio from here,
Tank
We didn't walk the 50km (30+ miles), that's how far away the other rock formation is. :) We took a bus there and did a small trek there. 50k would be a very long walk... We had a crocodile caesar salad, kangaroo fillets, lamb shanks, among other more traditional foods like tomato/mozzarella salad, chicken skewers, and an open bar with Australian wines and beers. Was pretty tasty and a gorgeous setting.
Post a Comment