Our last walk

The sunrise over Uluru is supposed to be almost as spectacular as the sunset. Apparently. 

We get up at 6:15am in -2 degree weather and speed off into the darkness. Along with about 50 other cars in front of us. 

At least by the time we arrived at the Eastern car park and walked to the vantage spot, it had warmed up to 0 degrees. 

As we stood there in our our 4 layers of clothes, we heard somebody mention that the sunlight doesn’t reach this side of the rock in winter. It would have been really nice to have heard that yesterday 🤭

Once the sun was up and the temperature had dropped back to -1, we drove to the main car park and started our big base walk. 

There are many different areas of the rock that are fascinating to see from different angles, and despite still not being able to feel our fingers through the cold, we all chatted  about the adventures so far and what we interpreted from the story placards located around our trail, as well as what we had learned yesterday from the cultural tour. 

After what seemed to be an eternity, we reached the car park again. By now, both Tracy and I were not able to feel our knees and legs, and we collapsed into the car for a lazy afternoon. 2 hours and 50 minutes for nearly 11km. Certainly not any type of record, but a time that we will remember.