We left Coober Pedy bemused that people actually choose to live here in a real life Mad Max set. We drove all the way to the SA/NT border (4 hours) where we stopped for the night and got going early the next morning to arrive at Ayers rock for lunch time.
Nadia and Rupert (Edwina’s friend from uni) were here. They are at the end of their 4 month caravan trip round the Southern Part of Australia and we crossover for one night at Ayers rock.
Edwina and the kids rush off for a reptile talk and get to handle snakes and then we have a good afternoon chat whilst our kids all play together.
In the late afternoon we went for the sunset viewing at Ayers rock although unfortunately a little cloudy so not the best sunset, but great moon.
On the Saturday we went for a walk around Ayers rock; not all the way as 10km and Viv not up for that, but got 2 2km walks with a bit of bribery. I now see why my parents always had sweets on a long trip. The rock is really beautiful and well worth a visit. It is a really amazing colour and looked fantastic with the gum trees.
Onwards to the Olgas on the next day, but only after kids wake up at 5.50 on Easter Sunday and have a chocolate egg hunt, followed rapidly by a feasting on their plunder and then no breakfast and complaints of sore tummies.
The Olgas were also great, especially the second gorge walk where the rock colour was an amazing orange and even better the flies reduced in the gorge!!!
Afternoon 10min camel ride had Estella really happy, especially when it did a wee with her on it.
Ballet recital
Tomorrow King’s Canyon.
Five Take a Drive 
Once again brilliant photos. My parents went to Uluru back in the 50’s prior to the tourism and stayed in tents at the base of the rock…bit of a culture shock for my mother seeing the locals living in their humpys (gunyahs)!! They too were amazed at the colours of the Rock and surrounds depending on the time of day.
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