Kantju Gorge, Uluru

As promised we returned to Uluru to walk the Kantju Gorge, once again beautiful weather and interesting walk along the base of the rock and into the gorge.

Went up to the sunrise lookout to go for a short walk and have some smoko, got chased away by the very aggressive butcher birds, have to assume they get fed regularly by the tourists.

The Yulara precinct is in the middle of the desert and sits outside a circular road, there is a lookout in the middle with a bit of a walk to up to the top.  It's not very high but it allows a full circular view of the complete 'town'.  We had a late lunch and had a bit of a look around the area, including up to the Imalong Lookout, we have a couple of photos of course.

Drove out to the sunset viewing area to watch the sun go down against the rock.  As you can expect - more photos of the rock.

Couple of caves along the base of Uluru on the way to Kantju Gorge

Three hundred metres straight up

Patterned tree

Little lagoon at the end of the gorge, at the bottom of the cliff face

Rock broken off

This one cracked on the way down

All the shelters are painted red, because if they're not, they'd be red in 6 months anyway

From the sunrise lookout with Kata Tjuta in the background

Little friend looking for food

Time for smoko

We had company

Sunset still 30 minutes away

15 minutes away

The full effect

The sunset behind us with sunrays

Kata Tjuta silouetted

The moon and venus

Back home for tea

Views of the resort

Imalong Lookout

Up this track

Towards Emu Walk Apartments

Towards the Police Station and Fire Station

Towards Sails in the Desert