Over the sand hills from the rest area off the Lasseter Hwy amongst the trees.
Ayers Rock was named in 1873 by explorer William Gosse after the then Premier of S.A. Sir Henry Ayers. Visitors are discouraged from climbing the 348 mtr high monolith, an alternative is the 10km base walk, we did both_____
Now this is just a very small section, Wow! it's BIG!
The rock climb was closed due to high winds when we arrived at 0730hrs. So did the 10k base walk. We enjoyed the walk, we trust you will to!
Aussie Wave!
Okay we are out of here, and did the drive around the rock - 'Bugger' Sue states why did we walk around?
As we were driving out the UHF radio crackled - "The Rocks OPEN!" We did a quick "U turn" and ____
Up the ROCK!
You beauty! made it. .
The Olgas in the back ground
The Olgas, from the top of Eyres Rock
Ants climbing the rock!
Our next stop - Coober Pedy.
