Kata Tjuta (the Olgas)
About 50 km from Uluru is Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) - a group of domes taller than Uluru and traversed by The Valley of the Winds. It is only a 7 km walk but a tremendously scenic area.
At the second lookout we ran into some gushing walkers - a group of adventure travel agents who were getting toured around parts of AU. This photo was taken by a woman from...wait for it... Boulder, Colorado.
As Kata Tjuta was pretty cool, we opted to spend another night in the Uluru area. Unfortunately there is only one campground which, although nice, is a bit close to the towns power station. Make no mistake - Uluru is the focus of a sizable town with many luxury hotels, restaurants, shoppies, more hotels etc. Quite a power draw. Rather than face another night being lulled into an insensate state by the whine, we drove a reasonable distance out of town and found a dirt road to park on. One odd experience - right after dinner we both hear a VERY loud sound - I can only describe it as a huge drain suddenly being unplugged. Very, very odd.
Entertainingly, the back of our campervan spelled out the night!
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