July 30th
Kings Creek Station to Uluru. -333km
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| Law nights campsite at Kings Creek Station |
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| Curtin Springs free campground -only 90 km in to Uluru |
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| first views of Uluru |
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| Uluru sunset. |
We had a leisurely start to the day without noisy neighbours. We dropped in to catch the latest news from Al and Zita (waiting for oil to be delivered by Audi Roadside Assist) and headed onwards towards Uluru. Virtually at the intersection of the Lassiters Highway and Luritja Highway we pulled in briefly to find another cache and have a cup of tea. Here we watched a three trailer road train offload two of his trailers, and head off in towards Kings Canyon, leaving them behind. them not long after pulling on to Lassiters we found a reasonable looking overnight see topping spot, and then not long after that we stopped for views of Mt Conner (the fool's Uluru, 500 million years old and part of the same rock formation as Uluru and Kate Tjuta) and climbed the red sandhill for a surprise view over Lake Amadeus (a large salt lake). Apparently Mt Conner is horseshoe shaped, although you cannot tell that from the main road. While we were stopped a wedge tailed eagle soared over us , working his way back and forwards, and looking out for a snack below.
We had a brief stop at Curtin Springs for lunch, before heading on in to Yulara. Caught up briefly with Jenny Cas in the reception line at the campground. We were messed around with our booking and ended up in different areas of a very full and noisy campground. We went out to a cafe for tea and booked ourselves in for the field of light in the morning. We had to be waiting for the bus at 5.45am.
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