Kings Canyon, another 'must see' place in the NT and another place that for us, is over rated. The campground, sorry 'resort' is flash, but comes with a $50 a night for unpowered price tag. It became apparent to us after we left that this place is all about international tourists that fly into Alice and do the quick loop through Uluru and Kings Canyon.

Anyway, after a nice night we headed to the canyon where you can do the 3 hour 'rim walk', or the 1 hour creek walk. We decided to do the easy creek walk, and it was lovely. As we expected, being in the bottom of the gorge, it was full of birds and trees, very nice.

We then stopped at Kathleen's Springs. This valley starts off wide and becomes narrow at the top, where there is a permanent waterhole. Aboriginals used to hunt here by trapping the animals at the waterhole as the cliffs were too steep on each side for the animals to escape. When Europeans arrived they used it for grazing.

After our two walks we headed to Yulara and Uluru/Ayers Rock. We had booked here earlier so as to make sure we got a spot, and just as well we did, the caravan park was full. We had booked an unpowered site and they put us in a powered site.

In the morning we headed out to Uluru. Julie was last here in 1978 and Michael had never been, we were concerned about how busy the rock would be and if we would enjoy it. There is a $38 each entry fee to the national park which gets you in for three days, this fee goes towards ranger talks amongst other things.

We thought it would be good to take part in one of these talks. The one we chose started at 10am near where the climb used to be. The climb up the rock was closed in October 2019.

We were very pleased with the information the ranger imparted on us. He told us a lot about the Aboriginal history and culture and he also told us a lot of the geological information about the rock. It was great.

After the talk we continued on and did the 10Km base walk which goes all the way around the bottom of the rock. There were very few people on this walk and we were able to 'feel' the energy from the rock. It is a very spiritual place with an amazing energy.

After our walk we headed back to our camp before heading back out again to see Uluru as the sun set. Another great experience and sight.

We had been told that we MUST head out to the Dunes Sunrise viewing area near Kata Tjuta/The Olgas. So we were up this morning and heading out at 6am to see the sunrise over Uluru. There were about 20 of us out there for this amazing event, quite the sight.

After the sunrise we headed to Kata Tjuta to do the walks through the domes. The first thing that struck us about Kata Tjuta was the size, then how the domes are made up of conglomerate rock, but amazingly smooth. While on this first walk, Walpa Gorge walk, we were following some other people when we heard a couple of loud bangs that almost sounded like gun fire and at the same time we noticed two puffs of smoke come off the rocks about 5 metres in front of those in front of us. It took a moment to realise that two rocks about the size of a soft ball had fallen and hit the ground just in front of the people in front of us. Very lucky.

The next walk was a loop walk through Valley Of The Winds. There were some amazing views on this walk and well worth doing.

Tomorrow we are off to the Western Australian boarder. Uluru, Kata Tjuta National Park has lived up to its hype and has been a fitting end to our travels in the Northern Territory.