After a very cushty night, we got up at 6 to see the 7 am sunrise, I was a little apprehensive as it was cloudy, but I was still excited to get up and see the sunrise. It took us about half an hour to get there, and unfortunately the sun was still obscured by cloud, but Uluru still looked very impressive, and we were looking at it from a different angle as well. The others were all disappointed and didn't think it was worth it, but I didn't want to be negative an...

Marlene and I got up to go and get our rental car, and for $15/day each we also got all our camping gear - swags, sleeping bags, cooking equipment etc. It was really exciting getting our car, and we drove it back to the hostel to pick up the boys. We then set off on our road trip! The distance from Alice Springs to Uluru (or Yulara where there is the camping ground) is the same distance as London to Paris, so it took us most of the day. We stopped of a couple of ...