Mum, Renee & Eamon woke up at 5.15am for pick up at 5.50am by the AATKings bus for "The Rising Sun - Anangu Aboriginal Experience". We arrived at the sunrise viewing area about 6.30am in time to warm up with a tea - it was only about 2 degrees, so very chilly. Sunrise was at 7.22am and was beautiful though not nearly as spectacular as the sunset we saw last night. We then got the bus to the cultural centre where we had a full-on buffet breakfast which wa...

It's incredible to think we are here 2 weeks after leaving Sydney, but it's back out to Uluru this morning with our bikes for a ride around the base - it's about 10km and very easy riding - quite a few walkers asked for a ride! We didn't climb the rock - the indigenous request people not to out of respect for their land. I was surprised at the number of people who still choose to do the climb (similar to the number of people I saw when I climbed it about 15 ye...

A very busy day today once we arrived at Ayers Rock Resort this afternoon. The kids enjoyed participating in a Cultural Dance Workshop where Renee learned the emu dance for ladies, and Eamon learned the kangaroo dance for the fellas. A little later and they were able to put their learnings into practice with others as the Cultural Dancers showed us some traditional dances that the audience could participate in (Dad included!). Uluru itself can be seen as you...

3 days was about right for our time at Coober Pedy - we saw all the sights and had a nice break. After filling up the water tanks and petrol tank (again!) we were off on the drive towards the centre of Australia. Not much to see in this part - we saw 2 wild horses and a handful of cows, but some beautiful carpets of yellow and violet wildflowers and lots of the Sturt Desert Pea (red) flower. Lunch and photo stop at the NT/SA Border and an hour or so later we m...