Sacred grounds

Another early start, 5 this time. And we still didn’t make it to our planned destination, the lookout to watch the sun rise behind Uluru. So Kev decided to change the program a bit and we started with the base walk around Uluru, a stunning 12 km walk. Many parts of the rock are still enormously important for Aboriginal people and you’re not allowed to take photos in order to respect their tradition. Climbing the mountain is still allowed but many believe it shouldn’t be permitted anymore. We were lucky and the moral decision was taken off our shoulders due to the hot weather (when the expected temperature reaches 36 degrees or it is windy the climb is closed). I could imagine it looks most stunning from the ground anyway rather than at the top.
We even spotted a rare Thorny Devil, a cute little fellow that looks much scarier than it is.
During a short walk guided by Kev we heard many interesting stories from creation time when kangaroos were still able to fly and snakes were big enough to carve rivers into mountains. The information centre offered nice cool drinks and back at the camp we prepared burgers with the lot for lunch and then jumped into the freezing pool and had the afternoon off.
To watch Uluru during sunset we drove to another lookout where we had some prepared snacks and some beer while watching Uluru on one side and Kata Tjuta on the other.