Uluru-Kata Tjutu NP, Kings Canyon NP and East MacDonnells NP

I loved Uluru and Kata Tjutu - I could have spent a week there. It totally exceeded my expectations.

Here's Nic eating his tea with Uluru in the background. When we arrived it was very overcast and on the second day it rained all day. In the desert - quite a shock. People kept telling us how lucky we were to be there when it was raining!!!

For 3 days we set our alarm for 6.30am so we could watch the sunrise. One the first 2 mornings it was raining but on the 3rd day the sun finally came out. Here is Kata Tjutu (The Olgas). They are millions of years old and massive.

Here's Uluru at sunset.

Here's Uluru at sunrise.

We left Uluru and drove to Kings Canyon. On the 2nd day we did the spectacular rim walk. You could stand on the edge and look 100m down.

Here's some ancient rock art on Uluru.

Here's some total idiots climbing Uluru with plaques for some of the stupids who've died climbing it. They ask you not to climb it for 3 reasons. 1- it's dangerous 2- it's disrespectful and 3- people wee and pooh on it and leave miscellaneous items e.g. batteries and nappies. Now about 20% of visitors still climb it - shocking isn't it?

Here is the Garden of Eden at Kings Canyon - very peaceful. We stopped here for a snack and were joined by some very friendly Spinifex Pigeons.

They have thousands of feral camels in Australia. These are some that we saw on road.

Here's Nic at Kings Canyon.

Here's a frilled lizard sunning himself on the road. I picked the little spiky beggar up by it's tail and moved it to a safer place!

On our way back to Alice Springs we had 2 nights at Trephina Gorge in the East MacDonnells NP. This was our picnic spot.