Yulara, Australia Travel Blogs

The Red Centre
Jul 10, 2007 (8 photos)

Another truly dreadful night in the Melanka Backpacker. Words cannot adequately express how truly bad this place is. It should be either totally refurbished or pulled down. The common spaces and the bathrooms have not been cleaned in two days; our room ...

A flying visit to Uluru
Mar 11, 2008 (36 photos)

So, after a couple of weeks on the road, we decided that we would give Jethro a well earned break and flew up to Uluru (the truth is that we didn't dare risk driving through thousands of kilometres of desert with nothing but the burning sun and snakes for ...

Sunrise and Flies at the Rock
Oct 5, 2005 (4 photos)

... pool. Our camp that night is in the bush, but a less lonely bush I could not imagine, as four other Adventure Tours Australia busses are gathered around the little cabins. We have a camp fire oven with the coals from our bonfire (wood gathered on a ...

Sunset and Champers at the Rock
Oct 4, 2005 (3 photos)

... to hide under a fly net and admire the contours of the rock's wavy skin. Our camp for the evening is outside Yulara, the tourist town that services the Rock. We're swagging it, something which Firie tries to overcome our distaste for by suggesting ...

Ayers Rock
Feb 3, 2006 (38 photos)

... European explorer to reach Ayers rock was W.C Gosse on July 19, 1873. -He named it after Sir Henry Ayers, Premier of South Australia -The first true year of tourism of Ayers rock was in 1958 with 2,296 visitors during the year. -1974 saw 58,360 visitors ...

Australia - Yulara (Uluru, Olgas, Kings Canyon)
May 12, 2006 (67 photos)

... started, we were back at the car park. Hot, tired and ready for a rest we had another 3-hour journey back to Yulara - hopefully before the sunset. Unfortunately Verdi was left driving the last half an hour in the dark, with her fingers crossed that a ...

Many Clouds
Dec 1, 2006 (5 photos)

I once read that it gets cold in the desert at night. Stupid book. Kata Tjuta otherwise known as the Olgas was our target for this morning getting there early before the midday heat unlike yesterday. We also got out first glimpse of Uluru along the way ...

Uluru/Ayers Rock
May 28, 2007 (19 photos)

Alex: After a false start leaving Alice Springs (the bus left early and then had to turn back after 20 minutes to pick up a package that needed to be delivered!) we got to Ayers Rock resort at lunch time just as the morning chill had disappeared. The ...

Da Red Centa ( Uluru )
Jun 18, 2005 (5 photos)

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The Rock
Dec 2, 2006 (7 photos)

We were all up (grudgingly) at 4am packed and ready to go see the sunrise over Ayers Rock this time actually arriving at the gates of the Uluru National Park a little early so having to wait while they cleared snow off the road first. Munching down ...

Uluru Base Camp: All Aussie Adventures
Jul 9, 2005 (16 photos)

... in the light morning drizzle. Very amusing. Erldanda (with the dubious distinction of being geographically dead centre of Australia) and Curtin Creek (beyond impressive Mt Connor) soon followed. All this time Chris, our typically Aussie guide (think a ...

Uluru (Ayres Rock) and Kata Tjuta (Olgas)
Oct 22, 2005 (15 photos)

Uluru, We touched down in Uluru early afternnon and it was hot hot hot. After a free transfer to the resort we had a quick wonder round to work out how we were going to get to the rock. The resort is a strange thing basically it's the only thing ...

The Red Centre Rip Off
Mar 25, 2006 (6 photos)

We were up early for our flight to Ayers Rock - 4am to be precise - and we were on a pretty much empty plane. There were only about 10 others on board. As the day broke the landscape opened up below us and its mad to see how much it changes as you get ...

Uluru
May 31, 1982

Trip with Mum and Dad

Awesome Rocks!
Apr 8, 2006 (19 photos)

... there isn't one so instead we make some tuna sandwiches (fortunately had a tin with us as no other supplies until back in Yulara) followed by a mint Aero (its great having Cadburys chocolate out here). We then do the 'Valley of the Winds' walk which is ...

The Rock
Sep 17, 2005 (5 photos)

Heading Towards Uluru
Apr 4, 2006 (6 photos)

... see it today so we stopped for the night at the closest town, 100km's away, Curtin Springs. The reason we stopped here and not Yulara (Ayers Rock Resort) was due to price. We could camp for free in Curtin Springs whereas it was $13 each (to sleep in the ...

Life on Mars - Day 2
Jan 30, 2007 (36 photos)

Early Early Start today....4.15am. It was properly dark with the stars in the sky. Showered and quick breaky before we set of for sunrise at Uluru, before we got there we stopped at the sunset point to get a silhouette view to the sun behind Uluru. The ...

Seeing the Big Rocks
Apr 5, 2006 (10 photos)

... and ready to leave at 4am in order to arrive at Uluru in time for sunrise. Didn't see a single car in the 100km's to Yulara which I found a little surprising. The entrance fee to Uluru/Kata Tjuta National Park is a little steep at $25 so we had to make a ...

3.5 Day Outback Safari
Oct 27, 2004 (11 photos)

... community. There used to be 300 different Aboriginal nations with 300 different languages. However since white man invaded Australia, there is now only approximately 30 Aboriginal nations left. The cultural centre is definitely worth a visit - to try and ...

Uluru
May 28, 2004

Hi Guys, You can read our update from Uluru in our entry from Cairns, Australia entitled 'Coast to Coast to Coast'. Cheers, K & S

Life on Mars - Day 1
Jan 29, 2007 (28 photos)

Day one of my Uluru trip and what I thought was an early start at 6am, this was to get earlier. Magic, our Dutch tour guide picked me up and I met the rest of our group a real mixture from all around the world. The morning was a long drive to Kuta ...

Climb denied
Jan 5, 2006 (11 photos)

Well the official plan was to be up the crack of Dawn, however Tilly didn't approve and sprog said she was a minger right, yeah but, yeah but, yeah but right!.............. Anyway, instead we set off from the campsite as soon as we could and still at an ...

Uluru
May 27, 2004 (2 photos)

We left for Ulru (Ayers Rock), but decided on staying the night in the outback. So pulled into a dirt lane a little after Kulgera and camped in the outback. Unofortunately the Peter Falconio murder trial was on and our minds kept turning every little ...

The Big Red Rock!
Oct 22, 2006 (8 photos)

... is called Uluru Kata Tjuta, that is in English Ayers Rock and The Olgas. You stay in a small purpose built complex called Yulara, located about 20kms from the Rock itself. The campsite there was very expensive, but unless you are prepared to drive 45mins ...

Gotta get in at the Rock
Jan 4, 2006 (2 photos)

Uluru (Ayres Rock), Australia ( Gotta get in at the Rock ) After a long sticky drive along the same road we had driven up to get to Kings Canyon we reached the T-junction marking right for Uluru and left back to the Stuart Hwy. Wayne was a little tired ...

The Red Centre and the Rock!
May 18, 2005 (7 photos)

We were both so excited about doing the red centre - especially me as I remember doing a school project on Oz when I was in Junior School and drawing a picture of Ayres Rock (more like a coloured in orange shape!) and thinking how exotic and far away it ...

Kata Tjuta and Uluru
May 2, 2007 (15 photos)

More to come...

Uluru & Kata Tjuta
Jun 7, 2009 (21 photos)

... It was hard to see where enough water would come from to flood the road in the middle of the desert. Although Ayres Rock must be the most photographed landmark in Australia, nothing quite prepares you for the sheer size & majesty of this iconic rock.

Uluru, Olgas
Jul 24, 2008

Am nächsten Morgen will ich mich eigentlich auf den Weg zum Rim Walk über den Kings Canyon machen. Doch das Wetter macht mir einen Strich durch die Rechnung, denn es ist sehr Bewölkt und es sieht nach Regen aus. Also entschließe ich mich, den Kings Canyon auf ...