We left Ayers Rock yesterday and travelled a few hundred kilometres further north to our next destination - Kings Canyon - and after the last couple of days of walking we treated ourselves to a nice lazy afternoon before heading out to one of the viewing platforms to watch the sunset against the changing colours of Kings Canyon. Today we were back in walking mode as we set off on a six kilometre hike around the rim of the canyon. When we got to the start of th...

Our first outing today was to the 'town' in the Ayers Rock resort for some supplies, which was a little odd in itself to find a shopping centre with a post office and cafe's in the middle of the desert! Once we were all stocked up it was time to head back into the national park and take ourselves off to the second major attraction in the area - Kata Tjuta or The Olgas; a collection of massive rock formations, the tallest of which is two hundred metres taller than...

We arrived at Ayers Rock yesterday afternoon after a couple of days of arduous driving along semi-deserted roads (they were at least all sealed roads though) with just enough time to set up camp before heading into the National Park to watch the changing colours of Uluru as the sun set behind us. After looking forward to getting here for so long, it felt a little odd to be sitting on the roof of the car at one of the viewing areas and actually witnessing such a w...