Dragged myself out of bed at sunrise and headed the short distance to the lookout on the grounds of the hotel. It gets pretty cold here before the sun comes up which is a big contrast to the daytime temperatures in the 30s. It was worth getting up to watch the sunrise even if the view of Uluru was a little bit too far away. Thankfully the walking tour I'm going on later at Kata Tjuta finishes up with watching the sunset a short distance away from Uluru.
Walking Tour of Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) Walpa Gorge left me feeling like I should have gond for the longer Valley of the Winds walk. It took about 45 mins to complete the round trip through the gorge, which requires that you watch your footing as the surface you walk on is pretty uneven. The only annoying factor out here is the flies. They're just so persistent. It starts to get to you for a while.
Before heading to Uluru for the sunset we had to go on an adventure to find some Japenese tourists that were joining us. They weren't at the pre-arranged meeting point, so we had to do a lap of Uluru by bus, which was cool as I hadn't done the complete base walk. I got to see all the way around.
Watching the sunset at Uluru was pretty special, its a pity though that you can't easily position yourself to get Uluru and the setting sun into the same photo. Moving on to Cairns tomorrow.
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