Uluru and Kata Tjuta NT- Day 3

Thursday 26th May 2022
Today I woke feeling a lot better, but unfortunately I kept DB awake all night with my snoring so he was pretty tires. Oops!

After a slow morning with a bit of housekeeping we went for a walk around the village, hotel area and shops. The standard setup for any resort – food, cafes, souvenir shops and an IGA.

The after lunch we headed back to the Valley of the Winds walk at Kata Tjuta as I was well enough to walk today. It was a beautiful walk through Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) which are conglomerate rocks. There were a couple of beautiful lookouts and it was a reasonably easy 8km walk. Taking about 2 hours we unfortunately missed the sunset at the viewpoint by about 10 mins but managed too catch a beautiful skyline at the sand dune viewing lookout.

It was lovely day out and feeling well was a bonus. We then enjoyed a nice dinner at the resort. My first night off cooking since we set out a couple of weeks ago. Tomorrow we head to Kings Canyon.

: As we head back to Kata Tjuta – the rocks still amaze me.

: As we start the Valley of the Winds walk..

: ..heading up the steep conglomerate rocks..

: ..it is beautiful and green here as well..

: Looking out through the valley..

: ..gorgeous tree..

: ..as we continue along the walk..

: ..looking up to the amazing rocks..

: ..As you coming up through the valley you climb to the top to this beautiful outlook..

: ..another picturesque moment..

: ..selfie time..

: What a beautiful view..

: ..as we continue along the loop trail we pass many amazing rocks..

: ..it is a pretty easy walk but we are pacing it out to try to make it to the sunset viewing point before the sun sets..

: ..as the colours change with the fading light..

: A red-backed kingfisher..

: We have made it back to lookout no 1.

: ..as the light plays on the beautiful rocks..

: ..we continue the walk..

: ..it is such a beautiful time of day to walk, the temperature is lovely..

: ..and the colours are amazing..

: White-plumed honeyeater..

: We missed the sunset viewpoint but dashed up to the most amazing red sky on the other side of Kata Tjuta..

: ..the colours were spectacular.