(Mount Edward)
If you don’t know, it’s kind of easy to confuse.
The open area is so huge that we had a half circle rainbow!
(half circle rainbow - the first I've ever seen)
And when we stopped for gas we could see the sunset on the mount Eduard thing.
(sunset on Mount Edward one)
(sunset on Mount Edward two)
We actually have a lot more pictures of Mount Edward, because at the time we thought it was the Uluru.
We got to Uluru very late, and went to find a place to park the van.
At 5:30 am the next morning we needed to be up and awake to see the sunrise on Uluru. Here’s a photo of the sunrise.
(Sunrise at Uluru, at about 5:30 am!)
There’s no photoshop, it’s just the color the thing has under that light (and despite the clouds)
Compare it with the color at 9:00 am
(Uluru after the sunrise - not so cool as about 4 hours earlier!)
Or at 17:00
(Uluru at 17:00 - notice the different colours? And at night it is simply black! Uauuu!)
Completely different.
And then we went for a 10km walk around the mount. It took us about 3 hours, and 2 liters of water.
If you decide to do it, be sure to take a hat, a fly net (to put over your hat and face) and plenty of water. It wasn't a sunny day as you can see in the pictures, but still I was sweating like a pig (and I'm in a relatively good shape).
And the flies! I think all the flies in the south hemisphere were at this place! It was horrible. You can solve it bu buying a hat / face net that you just put over your hat and has some sort of lace that ties around your neck. Another advice you'll thank me dearly later.
Here are some photos
(drawing of a leaf, I think)
(natural cave on the side of the Uluru - the natives used to find shelter under these natural rock formations)
(waterfall - One can only imagine how is the top of this monstrous rock because you're not allowed to go up there, but I imagine it as a lost world, full of trees and weird animals!)
(the rock - as you can see, the geological "breaks" are vertical, when they should be horizontal. Clearly something of great strength was at work here - maybe some aliens?)
(the stone face - can you see it? It looks mad!)
(the Dingo!)
(sunset on Mount Edward one)
(sunset on Mount Edward two)
We actually have a lot more pictures of Mount Edward, because at the time we thought it was the Uluru.
We got to Uluru very late, and went to find a place to park the van.
At 5:30 am the next morning we needed to be up and awake to see the sunrise on Uluru. Here’s a photo of the sunrise.
(Sunrise at Uluru, at about 5:30 am!)
There’s no photoshop, it’s just the color the thing has under that light (and despite the clouds)
Compare it with the color at 9:00 am
(Uluru after the sunrise - not so cool as about 4 hours earlier!)
Or at 17:00
(Uluru at 17:00 - notice the different colours? And at night it is simply black! Uauuu!)
Completely different.
And then we went for a 10km walk around the mount. It took us about 3 hours, and 2 liters of water.
If you decide to do it, be sure to take a hat, a fly net (to put over your hat and face) and plenty of water. It wasn't a sunny day as you can see in the pictures, but still I was sweating like a pig (and I'm in a relatively good shape).
And the flies! I think all the flies in the south hemisphere were at this place! It was horrible. You can solve it bu buying a hat / face net that you just put over your hat and has some sort of lace that ties around your neck. Another advice you'll thank me dearly later.
Here are some photos
(drawing of a leaf, I think)
(natural cave on the side of the Uluru - the natives used to find shelter under these natural rock formations)
(waterfall - One can only imagine how is the top of this monstrous rock because you're not allowed to go up there, but I imagine it as a lost world, full of trees and weird animals!)
(the rock - as you can see, the geological "breaks" are vertical, when they should be horizontal. Clearly something of great strength was at work here - maybe some aliens?)
(the stone face - can you see it? It looks mad!)
(the Dingo!)
No, it’s not a dog, it’s a Dingo. Which is a kind of wild dog. They say they’re a bit dangerous, but this one didn’t even looked at us…
(the side wall that connects to the lake)
(the lake on the base of the rock)
And this was it. The great walk around the Uluru, or Ayers Rock.
The trails are very well marked, and it doesn't matter where you leave your car. There is a visitors centre nearby. Not too interesting though. You have a bunch of very old native people that are put there to make arts and crafts. Personally I felt sorry for them.
In the main parking lot there is some stairs that lead to the top of one of the rocks. They were closed the day we were there because of the wind and the rain, but when the weather allows you can go up the stairs (for a small fee). This is the only place where you can do this because this huge rock is sacred in the local culture. You're not even allowed to photograph many of the parts of the trail.
As we came to understand, there is a road that goes round the thing. The view is pretty much the same you get if you walk, so if you don't feel like walking for 10Km, just get in your car, turn the AC to the max and drive around it.
We thought that we should walk, because we were there, and because we thought it was cool to tell our friends...
(the side wall that connects to the lake)
(the lake on the base of the rock)
And this was it. The great walk around the Uluru, or Ayers Rock.
The trails are very well marked, and it doesn't matter where you leave your car. There is a visitors centre nearby. Not too interesting though. You have a bunch of very old native people that are put there to make arts and crafts. Personally I felt sorry for them.
In the main parking lot there is some stairs that lead to the top of one of the rocks. They were closed the day we were there because of the wind and the rain, but when the weather allows you can go up the stairs (for a small fee). This is the only place where you can do this because this huge rock is sacred in the local culture. You're not even allowed to photograph many of the parts of the trail.
As we came to understand, there is a road that goes round the thing. The view is pretty much the same you get if you walk, so if you don't feel like walking for 10Km, just get in your car, turn the AC to the max and drive around it.
We thought that we should walk, because we were there, and because we thought it was cool to tell our friends...
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