Day 17 - Uluru

'The Rock'

Unbelievably for an almost desert area it was raining when we got to the resort, so we did what any self respecting tourists would do and headed for the bar. We then ventured out (stopping off for another beer) and watched the sunset over the Ayers Rock (Uluru) and The Olgas (Kata Tjuta) from a distance of about 20K each. We took (Chalk took) a ridiculous amount of photos but the scenery was quite lovely.

Having a beer at the very lovely 'Sails' Bar

Deciding on an easy and early night we bought pizza from the local supermarket only to find on our return that our kitchen didn’t have an oven!!! We then headed back to the local restaurant which by now had a massive queue (as the Sounds of Silence was cancelled due to inclement weather!!) whilst Chalk had to haggle with the supermarket to get a refund. Then back home for a not so early night for our 4.15am alarm to watch the sunrise. Chalk was outvoted2-1 on this issue)

'The Olgas ' or 'Kata Tjuta' at sunset