Ayres Rock up close and personal is amazing. We took the 10km walk around the rock as opposed to going against the aboriginals wishes and climbing it. Most people ignored that and just climbed it. Everyone has seen the pictures but as most world sights go the reality is much much better. I have not seen such use of colours since Namibia - and that is saying something. From pictures you imagine a pretty uniform blob of a rock but here are the biggest surprises, i...

Did the 444km to Ayres Rock past some nice red scenery. Got to the nearest campground, pitched up and headed beer in hand and chairs in the other to a viewpoint to see the sun set on Ayres Rock still 20km away. It is complete blue sky here during the day. In the sun you can be warm enough in a T Shirt, shady areas however are cold. When the sun goes the temperature drops like a stone. We hurried back from the viewpoint to the tent to get electric blanket and fan...