Day 6
Km Travelled 246km Total 2332km
Erldunda to Uluru / Ayres Rock
Fuel at Erldunda $1.87 – Fuel at Yulara (Ayres Rock)
$2.14!!!!!!!!
Lazy 1030 departure – the last ones left in the campground
after a leisurely chat with a family next door who were doing a large trip in a
Tent and decided after a few weeks to buy a Caravan …..a BIG caravan! Also
rescued another neighbour after his jockey wheel dropped and he couldn’t hook
up. I can see him trying to use his bottle jack…….it’s going to end in tears…..
Out comes the Hi-Lift and saves the day!
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| Mt Connor with Monster 1 and Monster 2 |
One hundred and twenty odd km down the Lassiter Hwy is Mt
Conor, most famous for making people think they’ve gotten to Ayres Rock. Personally,
I don’t see the resemblance, but given all the safety signs are in English, Japanese, German and
Italian as well as the local Aboriginal
language, I can see how some of the tourists may get fooled.
Quick photo stop and leg stretch – on we go.
Another 45
minutes later, the real deal comes into view! Interestingly (I say this because
it’s a useless fact I DIDN’T already know) Uluru is only 20m shorter than Mt
Dandenong! Take that one to your next Trivia Night!
The boys saw some Indigenous cultural displays, including
some Aboriginal blokes performing some dances to relate some of the History of
their People. Audience participation was
on the cards, and after the group shamed a bunch of visiting year 9 school
girls into dancing, it was the boys turn. Sam, literally, Hid behind a rock!
Max couldn’t get up fast enough. The guys had demonstrated the dance first
before asking people to join in, and essentially, it is was a story about
family and hopw family look after each other. A Family of Kangaroos look out
for each other to ensure they don’t end up as Dingo Bistro. This included the
dancers replicating Kangaroo style movements including lounging around on the
ground scratching yourself, which Max found hilarious and immediately had to emulate.
Let say he had a ball!
Afterwards, we ran into a family we had met (perhaps
harassed is a better term) in January, in the Victorian high Country on a trip.
They were on a 2 year around Australia trip, and as their bad luck would have
it, we happen to be in same place as them, just 4000km from where we last met.
What are the chances of that in such a massive country as Australia??? (there’s
one for the Grade 4 students…….)
Tomorrow - The Rock!!!
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