Since our last update we have travelled from Port Augusta
to Coober Pedy where we spent a very wet 3 days. No visits to the Opal Mines as all the roads,
other than the Stuart Highway, were closed.
We did have a look at some of the underground hotels, cafes and
shops. From there to Yulara via Kulgera
which is a roadhouse and camping spot just over the NT border – it prides
itself on being the first and last pub in the NT.
We arrived in Yulara yesterday and set up camp for
probably 3 days – it was cool and overcast when we arrived. The camping are of the resort is huge – over 200
powered sites and it looked pretty full to us – it has its own little shopping
centre, even a post office! Went to a
lookout to see sunset over the rock last night but it was too overcast. The rock is a bit surreal to me – looks like
a painting!!! We caught up with some
people we had met on our previous stops around a campfire last night – first one
of the trip so far.
We went to Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) today – how spectacular
is that!!! Again it looks too perfect to
be real. We went on a walk through the
Walpa Gorge and stopped at various lookouts for photos. Again it was overcast but the rain held off
til we got back to camp. We’re now
hunkered down with a cuppa and playing with photos and keeping warm and dry.
We plan to go to Uluru tomorrow – we could be part of the
1% of visitors who get to see rain on the rock – lucky us!!!!
Some photos of the Olgas (Kata Tjuta)
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