Alice Springs and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
By: Brendon
The day after our bus tour through the desert we woke up early once again to hop on our next bus tour to see Uluru (Ayers rock) and Kata Tjuta (the Olgas). This tour was 3 1/2 days and we were camping every night in Swags (a pretty Aussie thing to do). Swags are basically large canvas bags taht have sleeping pads and sleeping bags in them. The tour was really great and Uluru and Kata-Tjuta were absolutly beautiful but so was Kings Canyon which is much less known than the other two. We got to watch the sun go down twice on Uluru and also got to watch the sunrise twice. The first sunset/rise the weather was pretty cloudy but the other sunset/rise was perfect with not a could in the sky. During our tour we also did quite a bit of hiking. The first full day we had we did two hikes; One was through the Valley of the winds in the Kata Tjutas and in the afternoon we did the hike around the base of Uluru. Those two hikes together were around 17 km. The next full day we had we did a great hike in Kings Canyon which was around 7 km. All of the hikes were quite different and really enjoyable. The camping in swags was really nice. It was nice to camp right under the stars next to a roaring fire. The first two nights were a little cold but definitely managable but the third night was really cold and I was up most of the night and when I got up in the morning my sleeping bag was covered in a light frost. Kristin however was toasty warm as she had rented an extra sleeping bag and was the ONLY one on tour with two bags (everyone else woke up freezing)!!
The day after our bus tour through the desert we woke up early once again to hop on our next bus tour to see Uluru (Ayers rock) and Kata Tjuta (the Olgas). This tour was 3 1/2 days and we were camping every night in Swags (a pretty Aussie thing to do). Swags are basically large canvas bags taht have sleeping pads and sleeping bags in them. The tour was really great and Uluru and Kata-Tjuta were absolutly beautiful but so was Kings Canyon which is much less known than the other two. We got to watch the sun go down twice on Uluru and also got to watch the sunrise twice. The first sunset/rise the weather was pretty cloudy but the other sunset/rise was perfect with not a could in the sky. During our tour we also did quite a bit of hiking. The first full day we had we did two hikes; One was through the Valley of the winds in the Kata Tjutas and in the afternoon we did the hike around the base of Uluru. Those two hikes together were around 17 km. The next full day we had we did a great hike in Kings Canyon which was around 7 km. All of the hikes were quite different and really enjoyable. The camping in swags was really nice. It was nice to camp right under the stars next to a roaring fire. The first two nights were a little cold but definitely managable but the third night was really cold and I was up most of the night and when I got up in the morning my sleeping bag was covered in a light frost. Kristin however was toasty warm as she had rented an extra sleeping bag and was the ONLY one on tour with two bags (everyone else woke up freezing)!!
Our swags around the fire at our firs ttwo nights camping spot.
Kristin at the base of Uluru.
One of the giant domes of Kata-Tjuta.
Some other people in our tour hiking the Valley of the Winds at Kata Tjuta. 
Kristin and I with the sandstone cliffs of Kings Canyon behind us.
Kristin and I with Uluru behind us at Sunset.
Uluru in all its glory at sunset.
Kristin and I in the Valley of the Winds.
Kristin ready for her WARM nights sleep in the swag!
posted by Kristin and Brendon at 2:02 PM
2 Comments:
Super new blog! And now Thailand is just around the corner. Love Mum and Dad
Good for you Kristin. You should have let Brendon in maybe.
Maybe the next continent will be warmer.
Love,
Mom and Dad
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