This morning we left on the Uluru sunrise tour at 5:15. It had rained very hard over night and still some clouds lingered. Generally the rock looks extremely red as the sun rises, and it was still beautiful, but not as brilliant as it can be. Following the sunrise viewing we proceeded to take a cultural walk around the base of Ayes Rock. We heard several legends and saw ceremonial sites on the rock. Several of these sites are off limits for photography due t...

Yesterday we returned the camper van with plans to fly to Uluru. There had been a cyclone in Darwin the previous evening so flights were backed up and our flight canceled. We got a flight out to Alice Springs then on to Uluru. We had a 6:20 tour and were quite sure we would miss it and arrived at 6:30 and they were waiting for about 10 of us. Sounds of Silence Tour: They took us to a sand dune between Uluru and Kata Tjuta where we had champagne and canapés t...