The allure of Uluru

I went to Uluru in 2009 with my dad and my sister (my sister was living in Sydney for a year at this time, so this trip was during mine and my dad’s visit over there). I would truly say there’s never been a place like it in my experience/travels. I have never before been in that kind of environment – the desert landscape – apart from in Egypt, but Uluru is different. The vivid red sand was beautiful and entirely caught me off guard; I wasn’t expecting it to be real. To this day, I have never seen so many stars in the sky as I did when I was in Uluru. And I absolutely cannot wait to have that kind of experience again. It gave me so much perspective and made me realise how small we are in the world/universe.

I’m going to show you a few pictures from the sunrise tour around the base of Uluru. We had an Aboriginal guide tell us all the stories and beliefs from the Indigenous culture, which fascinated me no end. Stories come from the way the rock formations look, something anyone can see, so it was easy to understand and feel part of the culture on some level.

This is a map of the 10k walk around the base we did, starting from sunrise:

3344_69002663546_4719250_n

The view of Uluru (on a different day):

3344_69002728546_2957759_n

3344_69002858546_5227311_n

Start of the tour, the side of Uluru has an imprint of a large head, so the story says:

3344_69002608546_6183835_n

The ‘Happy Whale’ (one of my favourite parts):

2729_91972885406_2289995_n

A bleeding love heart:

2729_91972970406_460915_n

Aboriginal drawings:

3344_69002678546_5593910_n

The Olgas at sunset concluded our tour:

2729_91973195406_2784095_n

1 Comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

CommentLuv badge

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.