Day 46: Tue 12 Aug 2014 Up before dawn to watch the sunrise over the rock from a special lookout dune on the eastern side which was a drive away from the camp. It was great and the colour really does change from black to purple to shades of red. Dropped into the info and cultural centre. Exorbitantly priced art and souvenirs which was unfortunate because both J and I were very keen to buy something. J really wanted a spear. I'm not sure what I ...

Drive to Uluru. It's pretty boring really. We came around a corner on the Lassiter hwy and saw a huge rock off in the distance to the south which we thought was it… for a second but it turned out to be Mt Connor. Which is at least an hour short... Yulara is basically just a resort rather than a town with hotels, shops, tour operators and camp grounds. We stayed at the Ayers Rock Resort Campground which was fine. There's a small sand dune right in th...