Tuesday 19th June 2018 - (Total Mileage travelled: 3,000kms) We got up with the sun that gave a magical display as far as you could see and headed for our next destination.

Along the way we stopped at Erldunda to take on some fuel before we turned onto the Lasseter Highway. Stopped for a quick lunch at a nice shady free campsite; well that was the intention until we spotted a number of Major Mitchell Cockatoos feasting on the pine cones on one of the trees. Their antics were quite funny in that they would break of the cone take what they wanted and then with a thud it would land on the ground. Lots of photos were taken.

Also stopped at Mt Connor where we saw a lot of Zebra Finches and a lone Kestral.

On arrival at Yulara we set up camp, booked a sunset dinner at the Field of Lights for the following evening and then settled in for the night. We met a lovely couple from Port Macquarie who were our neighbours.

Wednesday 20th June 2018 - In the morning we took a drive to Uluru for a 2 hours guided tour along the Marla walk that was very interesting as it provided us with information about the history and its people. The Marla is a small bush Kangaroo.

After the tour we then decided that we would try and walk up the rock that looked ridiculously steep. This was an understatement as we found out as we started to ascend. Anne managed to climb only a fraction of the distance before it became too steep and slippery and Phil got about half way up before it also became too hard to continue. Then when we came down we saw a number of plaques in remembrance of people who had died on the rock, mostly from falling so we felt that the decision to abandon the climb was the right one.

Our sunset dinner at the 'Field of Lights' was an evening that we will never forget. This was a must do experience.

Thursday 21st June 2018 - Today we went on the 11km walk around the base of Uluru that took us about 3 hours. It was great to see Uluru from all different angles and took lots of photos. Visited the Cultural Centre and later in the day drove to the sunset viewing area to watch the sun go down over Uluru. This again was a wonderful experience.

Friday 22nd June 2018 - Today we got up at 05:30am so that we could take in the sunrise over both Uluru and Kata Tjuta (The Olgars). Unfortunately it was a bit cloudy so we didn't get the best conditions for watching the sunrise, but we still managed to get some good photos.

We continued on to The Olgars and took the walk around The Valley of the Winds. The walk was through some of the most spectacular gorges and escarpments of Kata Tjuta that took us 4 hours to complete as the track was very steep, rocky and rough, but well worth the effort.

We spent the afternoon at the campsite preparing for our next destination of Kings Canyon.

Saturday 23rd June 2018 - Left Yulara and spent most of the day on the road travelling to King Canyon with blue sky and wispy clouds. The landscape changed and became greener & less arid with some rolling hills on the horizon, still plenty of red dirt with Gibber and sand dunes. Saw our first wild Camels that were lazily grazing by the roadside.

Arrived, set up camp and watched a spectacular sunset across Kings Canyon. Early to bed as we have a long day hiking around the canyon tomorrow.

Sunday 24th June 2018 - We did the Creek Walk and Canyon Rim Walk taking in the spectacular maze of weathered sandstone domes and rock formations. This took most of the day as there were a lot of steep climbs and rough terrain to negotiate to experience the wonders of Kings Canyon.

We were thinking of taking a quick short cut on the Mereenie Loop a dirt road to Alice Springs tomorrow, but having gained some information on this route from the locals, we decided that as we needed our caravan in good shape for the remainder of the trip so we will be taking the longer route!!!

Monday 25th June 2018 - We set off as the sun was rising, drove 20km to Kathleen Springs and walked along a pretty little gorge to a lovely sheltered waterhole.

Spent the rest of the day on the road and free camped overnight outside of Alice Springs. We meet a few other caravaners, swapped stories of our travels so far and watched another wonderful sunset.

One of the people we met had been on the Mereenie Loop that we decided not to take this morning and Boy are we glad we didn't take this short cut as he said that it was the worst dirt road he had been on in Australia!!!

Tuesday 26th June 2018 - After waking to another sunrise and drove into Alice Springs where we set up camp and undertook a few chores.