It was a deep earthy red colour. We carried on walking round and managed to take lots of fantastic photos – it was a good thing we had a digital camera! We all met back at the bus and the others told us that the viewpoint they had gone to, to see the sunrise from was very busy and crowded so we were glad we did the walk.
Later on we had a look around the Cultural Centre and then Max drove us to The Olgas (The Aboriginal name is Kata Tjuta). The Olgas are 36 domes and the highest dome is in fact taller than Ayres Rock. Very little is known about the Olgas with regards to Aboriginal stories as again it is a very sacred place to them, and for “white” people to know about is not good as they say “knowledge is power”. We walked through the gorge and again the views were spectacular we could even see Petermans Range. Max was very informative and told us of how Ayres Rock and The Olgas we only see a third of and the rest is hidden beneath the ground.
We made our way back to our campsite for lunch. We found out our group was made up of 8, 6 day passengers (including us) and the other 15 were only 2 day passengers so after lunch the 15 packed their bags and left. Then there were 8, which for us was a lot nicer as it allowed us to really get to know people. We had a bit of free time and so played cards, looked at each others photos and Adam, Nadene and Marcel had a swim in the pool. Then as the majority of us had done the base walk Max took us to a lookout point in the evening where we could see the sunset over Ayres Rock. The site looked very busy but Max took us to an area where there was no-one around and we all enjoyed champagne and nibbles whilst watching the sun go down over Ayres Rock.
After that we returned to the campsite, had dinner and then got into our swags for the night to sleep under the stars.
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