It’s difficult to believe how much we managed to fit in to today. Four riders were enough to complete our scheduled leg into Erldunda, and thanks to high average speeds we arrived very early, at around 10am. We even had time to stop off for a camel ride along the way, at Camels Australia, which was quite an experience and the perfect way to break up the long hours on the road.

The plan had been to load ADIMOV into the trailer and transport from Erldunda to Yulara, which is located about 200km off the Stuart highway, and where we will spend a rest day tomorrow exploring Uluru. Instead, we took advantage of the opportunity to ride an extra 100km to make up for the distance we were forced to transport on our first day.

We arrived at Ayers Rock Resort Camp Ground in the early afternoon. Once again we are camping on green grass, under a blue sky and shady gum trees, and making the most of the excellent facilities. Since arriving, we have had two visits to the rock. During our first visit we drove around Uluru and visited the cultural centre where we learnt about the Tjukurpa (the culture history and law) of the local Anangu people and listened to a talk from a representative of Parks Australia. After dinner we returned again to watch the sunset over the rock. It’s bed-time now so we will have to save the rapturous descriptions for tomorrow’s blog. We are returning to Uluru and Kata-Tjuta first thing tomorrow.

View photos here.

GG