Red Rock warning!!!

Ayers Rock: you've all heard of it. It's made of sedimentary sandstone, which means it must have been underwater at some point in the past. The lines of sedimentation are in the up/down direction which means that the rock, of which about one fifth is above ground and the bit we can see measures 3.6km long and 348m high, is on its side!

Are we nearly there yet?

You travel all that way and it's closed. I wasn't going to do the climb myself!

If you were going to go against the wishes of the Anangu, then this is the way up.

That woman must be stalking me!

Uluru, approaching sunset.

Water is a very precious thing around here. Some birds drinking from a small spillage.









Kata Tjuta (The Olgas): about 30km away from Uluru, these are a collection of 36 rounded domes of sandstone of a different sort to Ayers Rock. Kata Tjuta means 'many heads'. The Olgas themselves are the four biggest ones and have their own names. I found it more interesting and beautiful than Uluru.

Kata Tjuta from the bus.

We did the Walpa Gorge walk, between Olga and Walpa, the two highest domes.

Some rock :o)

More rock.

The more classic view of Kata Tjuta.











Kings Canyon: absolutely stunning, eroded sandstone cliffs. We followed the Kings Canyon Rim Walk, through the 'Lost City' a series of weathered buttresses of rock and then on to the 'Garden of Eden' in a valley with a permanent waterhole, palm trees and so on.

Camels on the road!

The beginning of the walk. It was 36 degrees.

Rock and a tree.

Eroded rock.

A bit more rock.

The Lost City.

Woo, bit of a cliff. Don't stand near the edge!

The Garden of Eden.

Spectacular?