Had my first experience of cheap Oz Goon last night so felt a bit worse for wear when we got woken again this morning at 5:30am. We watched an amazinf sunrise come up over Urulu and then headed back to the base of the rock. My mind was made up for me about climbing the rock as it was closed due to high winds at the top (see pic for the proof!!) so we started the 10 km base walk instead. When you stand right at the base and look up you feel smaller than an ant, wh...

Got woken up at 5am by Maryanne, our tour guide, and cooked porridge over the still burning fire, I've never been so grateful of a hot bowl of porridge! Made our way to Yurulu national park and went on a 8km hike through the desert domes of Kata Tjuta, really impressive but a long hike through rough terrain. Kate Tjuta is so sacred in Aboriginal culture that they refuse to release anything about its significance to the white man. Had a well needed and deserved lu...

Got up at 5:30 this morning to start of tour to Urulu. We hadnt taken into account the initial 5 hour drive from Alice to the national park so that wasnt much fun in a small cramped full mini bus! Once we arrived we went on an impressive 3 hour hike at the Valley of the Kings, which start with a very sheer climb up Heartattack Hill and culminated in an amazing swim at a water hole in the middle of the desert called The Garden of Eden (see photos), defo my trip h...