Monday 30 July

The sun rose and guess what we missed the sun come up. We will aim again tomorrow. We set off out to the Olgas  otherwise known as  Kata Tijuta, with lunch prepared as we would have a picnic out there. Kata Tijuta is Pitjantjatjara meaning ‘many heads’. This spectacular landform lies about 50 kms drive from Uluru and Yulara. There were many different walks to do, so we chose  to head to ‘The Valley of the Winds’ where we walked to the Karu Lookout. This track was really rocky and was 1.1km one way. When we reached the top it was once again magnificent views as we took  many photos, and I know why they call it “The Valley of the Winds”, it was really windy. You could continue on to do another walk, which was around to the Karingana Lookout another 1.6km one way, however Lily would never make it. But of course Dylan wanted to go on, so Mark and Dylan headed out another 1.6km and we thought we could wait for them to return but it would be 3.2km by the time they came back. I headed back down the rocky track with Oliver and Lily. I always have to make it interesting for Lily to keep her walking, as I don’t like carrying her, as she’s a bit heavy nowadays. We played games on our decent down like, stepping on certain stones and lets see if we can find a walking stick. We made it back down and now to wait for Mark and Dylan to return. They took another 50mins to return and we didn’t have the car keys, so therefore we had to sit under a mud brick thatched roof, which is at the beginning of the track. We had lunch at the nearby picnic area before venturing off for another walk up the Walpa Gorge. We then popped in the culture centre and picked up a few souvenirs before returning to camp.

(Mark takes over from myself writing the blog, from here)-            Our last night at Yulara saw Mark take the lead in the UNO challenge.  A place he is not likely to relinquish!!!