ULURU
this is what ever-one comes to see. by the time I look through the photo's daily and log them to photo bucket then send the photo 's and info to 4 forums it usually takes 2 hours a day. so overall a fair bit of work getting it together. plus the Wi-Fi connections and most places is totally useless and sometimes a photo might take a minute or 2 or more to load.
so this info is going to 3 usa sites/car/birds/bike. so this info is useful to them
Uluru is around about a 5 hour drive from alice springs on a good sealed road at speed posted from 60 to 80 mph or you can fly direct to the local airport.
upon arrival at yalara there are multiple choices of accommodation. wife and I had trouble getting accommodation and had to settle for the back packer quad bunk special - $184 night. highly overpriced for the minimum priced nightly accommodation here but not much you can do. it was clean and tidy
I had the choice of a double room with ensuite -see below photo - it was only $450 a night :lol: :lol: and they had no chance of getting that out of me for 3 nights
driving about the complex which was huge and housed several hundred people it was very well organised. drive in from the front and one way only throughout the complex
ULURU
once settled in the next thing you want to do is see the rock. from yalura or 3 mile up the road you enter a divided road where you stop at a check point and decided if you want a 3 day or a annual pass. we adopted the 3 day pass at $25 a head. got the 2 tickets with our surnames on and was asked to present the tick anytime I pass the check point
when you see Uluru for the first time or in my case the third time it's HUGE! no question about that HUGE! you can see it 30 to 40 klm away. once you arrive at the base of uluru it will take you about 4 hours to walk the 10 klm around the circumference
I took this great shot at sunset strip . got over the fence to line up the shot with the surrounding scrub etc and the friggin ranger pulled up flashing his lights and blasting the horn. I had earplugs in from driving the car with the roof off and didn't hear him and he then got out of the ute and got up on the tray and was yelling out to me.
I still didn't see him and somehow look over to see where the wife was and she was pointing at the guy yelling and wildly waving his hands about.
I knew straight away it was a friggin ranger so headed for the fence. he got back in his ute and headed off. he got a bit excited I thought. might have been a top wire strung fence but there were tracks in the area everywhere but not one sign saying DO NO ENTER!
when I drove out 3 hours later 8 or 10 others were all walking about in the same spot - :roll: anyway I wasn't happy about the horn blowing and the other crap so if he had been a smart ass i'd say i'd been leaving the park early :lol: :lol: :lol:
heading in a clockwise direction this is your first sighting of the part they call the climb
walkway to the climb
the climb! to date 34 have either died from injury or heart attach -either way dead! how steep is it. well 35 years ago I actually climbed and ran down it. this time I got to the rocky ledge before the chains and decided stuff it!
but I still managed to run back down and have had a sore back now for a day or more. I was told not to do it :lol: :lol: plus I got it all on the go pro 4 hero
more trivia from the bottom to the top of the climb 1.6 klm or 1 mile. climb is closed in rainy or windy conditions
now see that guy standing in the centre in blue. I walked up near him to the left. now it doesn't look far or steep!
different story up there looking down at the cars and buses
view left and right
up above me - the chained section
another view further along. this section called the brain
last few photos before we left
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