Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia Travel Blogs

Uluru (Ayers Rock)
May 7, 2008 (14 photos)

... lookout with the sheer red rock climbing hundreds of metres on either side was utterly sensational.   To paraphrase a former colleague, Uluru-Kata Tjuta may just appear as a load of rocks, but there the most bloody impressive rocks I've ever seen!

The Sound of Silence - NT of Australia
Dec 25, 1999 (3 photos)

... , in the southern part of the Northern Territory of Australia. The Olgas form one of the major landmarks within the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. From its name, Kata Tjuta, means many heads to the Australian Aborigines, is a group of more than 30 rounded ...

A very spiritual place
Mar 25, 2008 (36 photos)

Uluru is not just a rock. It is a very spiritual place, not only for the Aboriginal. It is very, very special.  *** WORLD CHANGE STARTS WITH EDUCATED CHILDREN! Give a girl the life long gift of education! Support my appeal 100 GIRLS ...

Uluru National Park - Day 211
Sep 20, 2008 (44 photos)

... . Some really awe inspiring views along the walk, defiantly some of the best scenery I've seen in Australia so far. Returned back to Uhuru for a perfect sunset. Uluru is exactly how I imagined it to be. It glowed with a spectrum of reds as the sun ...

Uluru and the Olgas
Feb 18, 2009 (5 photos)

... there. Anyway, the tour guides talk for the majority of the journey explaining the history of Central Australia. They also give you sweets/lollies which kept us happy! We did the Olgas first. You can walk part way ...

Red centre
Jan 17, 2004 (10 photos)

... give them the land back in 1985, but only if it became a national park and kept open for tourists. In 1985 the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park was formed and the rocks renamed. After a few days in the remote outback it was almost a culture shock to see so ...

Climbing Uluru
May 14, 2008 (68 photos)

... Uluru is probably not going to be available for climbing much longer.  The native tribes who inhabit the area have control over the National Park it is in and for the time being can only close it for safety reasons.  Pressure from this tribe and ...

Coober Pedey to Uluru
May 13, 2008 (33 photos)

... with some vegetation on it to help outline it.   This is a good time to mention the general topography of Australia.  It is the flattest continent in the world as it has gone the longest without major geological upheaval or Teutonic stress.& ...

Joining the mobs (2)
Aug 15, 2009 (30 photos)

This entry brings you photos from two walks around Kata Tjuta ("The Olgas").  The first was a gentle stroll up Walpa Gorge and the second - completed the following day - the rather more taxing Valley of the Winds walk... Hilary writes: The next ...

Happy Birthdays!
Jul 30, 2009

A great big HAPPY BIRTHDAY! to both our mums/grandma and nannie. Sorry we can't be with you but are thinking of you lots! Hope you have a good time. Lots of love, Kim & Deb, Fliss & Vicky xx xx

The Big Red Rock is Gray
Jun 15, 2008

... the world and their mountains. It was an extremely interesting and up close look at this mammoth rock in the center of Australia. It's not uniform or roundish at all. It's filled with nooks and crannies and looks very different from every angle. This ...

Happy New Year!
Jan 1, 2009 (45 photos)

... years old!  It's right in the middle of the very red desert--just over 9 km around the base.  Also nearby is Kata Tjuta, meaning "many heads" and you'll see why in the pictures.  With the pureness of the sky in the middle of nowhere, the ...

The Outback (or The Back of Beyond)
Mar 25, 2008 (47 photos)

The middle of Australia is one big, red-earthed wasteland! A purpose-built resort was created 20 years ago. Given the relative isolation of the area, goods and services cost a fortune. The Outback was by far the most expensive stop on my Australian ...

Uluru (Ayers Rock)
Jun 9, 2009 (5 photos)

Barnaby and his travelling companions headed for central Australia, otherwise known as 'The Outback'. In Australia's Red Centre, imposing Uluru, and its cousin Kata Tjuta, keep watch over the outback. At first glance this area feels like one of the ...

AUSTRALIAN SNOW DAY!!!
Feb 26, 2009 (10 photos)

... Southern Australia are closed today because of the extreme heat - so we just stopped quickly and took off again for Uluru, the red center of Australia. We past over the Dingo Fence, also called the Rabbit-Proof Fence and the Vermin Fence. The fence is ...

Living inside a convection oven
Nov 17, 2009 (5 photos)

... ;         Back to the hotel for a break before we went out for the afternoon tour to Kata Tjuta.  And it's getting hotter and hotter.  This is where we found out it is close to 48 on the way out with ...

Climbing Uluru (Ayers Rock)
Nov 18, 2009 (3 photos)

... against me and now I am here and the rock is now Uluru and back in the hands of the Traditional Owners, the Anangu.  Uluru is a sacred and spiritual site for them.  They don't climb and they would really like to request that no one else climbs ...

The Rock
May 6, 2008

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It's big, it's red and it's a rock!
Apr 11, 2006 (12 photos)

... people, the Anangu people are the traditional owners of this extremely sacred land, the same applies to Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) which is part of the same national park. Driving from Alice gave us a real taste of the outback, with desert like terrain, ( ...

3 days outback, 3
Apr 14, 2009 (14 photos)

Day 3 another early start to make it to Uluru to watch the sunrise, well worth it though..

Lass uns einen gemütlichen Spaziergang machen!
Oct 28, 2009 (9 photos)

... diente und heute noch dient, bevor wir uns auf den Rückweg zum Bus machten. Für trödeln war keine Zeit – wir wollten ja Kata Tjuta im Sonnenuntergang sehen! Wieder im Bus wurden wir dann zu einem Spot gebrracht, von wo aus wir einen guten Blick auf die ...

Mostly sunny with a chance of rain????
Aug 31, 2009 (25 photos)

... interesting stuff there!   Tuesday     Today we had to get up really early because we did a walk around the Olglas - Kata Tjuta. The walk was called Valley of the Winds and it was 7kms. We had a great time walking around one of them. The ...

Uluru, The Rock
Jun 16, 2008 (42 photos)

What to say about the Rock. There is not much to say, so watch the pictures and decide for your self. Sorry for so many pictures, but if you look closely you will see the change in the colors.

The Uluru Wave
Nov 18, 2009 (2 photos)

                Australia is famous for their animals and how many poisonous ones they have and how quickly they can kill you.  Luckily you never see most of these animals ...

The Red Centre
Jun 15, 2009 (12 photos)

... for the 2 nights and decided to take the budget option of hiring a car and doing our own thing around the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. So after finding the supermarket and cooking up some pasta the first evening and splashing out on a couple of beers we ...

Sunrise & sunset at the big rock
Sep 1, 2009 (3 photos)

... from the rest of the world and that the Aboriginal communities had good reason for their belief system. Uluru and particularly Kata Tjuta (another cluster of giant rocks nearby) are extremely spiritual places for the local Aboriginal communities, so much ...

Joining the mobs at Uluru and Kata Tjuta (1)
Aug 15, 2009 (26 photos)

... of trying to get tent pegs into the ground.]  The first day we went and looked at the sun set at the Uluru National Park.  There were heaps of other people there as well.  I think it’s amazing to think that people come from all over ...

The Flies of Uluru
Feb 15, 2009 (22 photos)

... our new found friends and neighbours). The company, the food and the hotel was exceptional mixed with days of viewing the country's national icon and battling with swarm of flies made a great trip never to forget. Learning more about the culture than we ...

The Sunset/Sunrise at The Rock
Jul 31, 2009 (4 photos)

... tour, still very cold! But the changing colours of the rock were warming to see. We then moved on to see Kata Tjuka - similar to Uluru but has suffered more erosion. We walked up the Walpa Gorge which leads into Kata Tjuka enabling us to see the rock ...

Uluru
Feb 28, 2009 (22 photos)

... . So we set off on the first day at 6am nice and early. We took a drive straight towards the national park and past Uluru on to Kata Tjuta, otherwise known as the Olgas. Massive mounds that stick out of the ground. Really cool scenery, not so cool in ...