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Yulara is small enough that you can walk to the town centre easily enough from the campground.  It was pretty hot, so we opted to ride our bikes to get there a little faster.  The Ayers Rock Resort offers several free activities and we really wanted to get to a couple of them.  First we went to the Bush Yarn, aboriginal stories and a talk about weapons they used.  The weapons especially were fascinating, they passed them around and he … Read More

Seeing the sunrise and the sunset at Uluru is just something you have to do if you visit.  You can’t go there and not see them both…except if your kids come down with gastro.  Then you might have some issues.  We saved sunrise for our last full day at Uluru, the day our parks pass expired.  Of course that was the night that TurboBug (2) was sick during the night, necessitating a change of sheets and clothes and…yuck.  So I … Read More

When you visit Uluru the (only, as far as I know) place to stay is Ayers Rock Resort in nearby Yulara since there is no camping in the national park.  It’s about 15km from Uluru.  The campground is huge, there are nearly 200 powered sites and just as many unpowered.  There are also cabins and large group sites.  Those huge group sites got quite a bit of use while we were there.  I imagine that during peak season they are … Read More

The trail at the base of Uluru is about 10.5km long.  There was no way we were going to be able to walk that with all of our kids, so we opted to take our bikes.  The trail is not at all strenuous and most people we saw that day were walking with just a few others on bikes.  The kids were anxious to touch Uluru, they’d been asking if they’d be able to before we even got there.  So … Read More

On the drive into Yulara you are able to see Uluru from a distance.  There are some rolling hills and you can just get a glimpse in between.  Because of all these rolling hills you really can’t get a proper view of it unless you go to a lookout at the campsite.  The first really good view of Uluru is after you enter the national park. The road to the sunset viewing point curves around the rock so you end … Read More

After Tennant Creek we drove to Alice Springs, where we spent just one night before moving on to Yulara, near Uluru (aka Ayer’s Rock).  We decided we’d spend time in Alice after we’d visited Uluru. The distances are incredible.  There’s just nothing out here.  See this?  In 124 km we need to turn left onto Uluru Road.  It’s about 450km from Alice to Yulara with only tiny towns and a couple of petrol stations along the way.  With nothing in … Read More