One of the last things i really wanted to see in Australia was the "Red Centre" and the holy mountain "Uluru". I got to Alice Springs straight after Melbourne with a immediate temperature difference from +18C °. Unfortunately Alice Springs is really dull. I had to spent two days there before I left on my trip to the real Red Centre. I didn't know what to do in Alice Springs anymore after half an hour already. :) The town exists primarily of empty shopping centres and drunk Aborigines. Luckily i had a new book with me. :)
Finally, after two days i left to the "real" desert. The journey from Alice Springs to our first stop took approx. 5 hours where we have been almost exclusively driven on a straight street through red sandy hills and passing by old car wreks for more than 200 km.
Because we left Alice Springs already at six o'clock in the morning we arrived at the Uluru at 11 o'clock. Before we got the chance to get closer to the rock we have visited a cultural centre of the Aborigines to get to know a little bit more about the history of the mountain. After that we went directly to the bottom of Uluru where we did a short walk around.
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tod is teaching us the history of uluru |
After the Uluru we reached our camp at the evening where Tod our guide served Kangaroo Pasta, very special! We slept in a "Swag", a huge sleeping-bag under the open night sky.
The night was very short because I was observing the stars most of the time, the stars got occupied by shooting stars almost every 2 minutes, stunning! The next day we got up early at 4 o'clock to see the sunrise above the Uluru.
We definitely didn't got disappointed, that whole scenery has reminded me a lot of "The Lion King", simply fantastic!
Then after breakfast we went to the second highlight of three, the Kata Tjuta, a mixture of mountain, wood and desert. After a nearly 4-hour hike at approx. 38C ° we were gladly happy to finally reach our next camp which even had a pool. Here we got welcomed by a wild dingo which luckily disappeared for the rest of our staying.
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the holy mountain "uluru" |
With the help of Tod, our guide we have prepared a proper dinner on the campfire. After that we were listening to a very talented member of your group, she has played her own- and cover-songs on the guitar and sang with her very awesome voice! We slept in the "Swags" again and the star sky was even more impressive this time than the night before! I think I have never seen so many stars on a spot in my life! I must have stared in the sky for more than two hours, observing the Milky Way und counting shooting stars. :)
On the last day of our trip we went to the "Kings Canyon", a gigantic canyon in the middle of the desert.
Then after another hike we went back to Alice Springs where I spent one more night before I left to Sydney.
Uluru and the desert are an absolute must have seen for everyone who is traveling through Australia!
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stunning night sky! thousands of stars! |
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welcome to the desert! |
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the desert is alive! we found a thorny devil |
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preparing dinner like campers |
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beautiful voice great memories on the bonfire |
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"kings canyon" welcome to the mars
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