Days 6 and 7 - Uluru
The next leg of our journey took us from Erldunda to Yulara (Uluru and Kata Tjula) before back onto the Stuart Highway heading north.
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Sunrise at Erldunda |
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Desert Oaks Rest Area |
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Mount Connor |
On both days at Uluru, walking tracks were closed by 10.00 am because of the heat - topping 40 degrees C.
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Uluru |
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Uluru (it is a rock of many colours) |
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Milky Way at Yulara |
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Kata Tjula (The Olgas) |
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Kata Tjula |
Day 8 - Uluru to Tennant Creek
Given the heat, we were on the road before sunup as we also had 900 odd kilometers to our next bed.
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Sunrise on the road (Lasseters Highway) |
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Sunrise through Desert Oaks |
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Mt Connor |
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Zebra Finches in the morning sun |
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At the Tropic of Capricorn in 40C |
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Anmatjere Man - Airleron NT |
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Now getting into the land of the Termite Mounds |
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Some dressed as workers |
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Others - bushrangers |
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Karlu Karlu (Devils Marbles) |
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Karlu Karlu |
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Walking Molly near Devils Pebbles |
We stayed the night at Tennant Creek and, as it was so hot in the room we drove about 20 klm north to the Devils Pebbles - much smaller in size than the Devils Marbles. (No photo because it was very overgrown after the recent heavy rains).
Day 9 - Tennant Creek to Mataranka
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Whistling Kite |
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Red-tailed Black Cockatoos |
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Mataranka Termite Mounds |
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Mataranka Termite Mounds |
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Roper River at Mataranka |
Day 10 - Mataranka to Palmerston
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Flooded Creek |
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Palmerston Sunset |
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