Friday, December 05, 2008
In the Red Centre
After some debate about the best itinerary, we spent last weekend on a 3-day trip to visit the Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park, to see the famous rocks. The schedule we decided to go with was pretty hectic but, rather than having the kids bored/time-to-think, we opted for the “no sleep till Sunday night” plan of:
- Friday morning - fly from Sydney to Connellan Airport, and catch the 10-minute bus ride to Ayers Rock Resort
- Friday afternoon - take a guided tour of Kata Tjuta, and watch the sun set
- Friday evening - enjoy a catered barbecue, with amazing views of the night sky, before settling into bed not much before midnight
- Saturday early morning - up at 3:00am in time for the three-and-a-half hour coach trip to Kings Canyon, taking care to avoid the camels wandering across the road
- Saturday morning - take Caitlin & James on the “Rim Walk”
- Saturday afternoon - after a well deserved lunch, we take the return coach trip, stopping off for an ice-cream at Curtin Springs station, near Mount Conner
- Saturday evening - dinner, then off to bed for another early start
- Sunday early morning - up at 3:30am in time for the half-hour trip to watch the sun rise over Uluru
- Sunday morning - tour around Uluru, and see the great rock up close
- Sunday afternoon - fly back to Sydney
- Sunday evening - fall asleep while eating dinner, while Anna goes off to orchestra!
We were pretty lucky with the weather - although the temperature didn't dip much below 37°C while we were there, it was not humid at all: so was very manageable as long as you had plenty of water. All in all, it was a great trip and both Caitlin & James were better behaved than we feared they might be.
Chris
posted at 9:43 pm
