Rock Center Cafe

... on the fringes of the park and each is constructed to blend in with the historic period. For example, there's a new information center and armory that are built entirely from chiseled granite blocks. The armory doesn't look like a building - it resembles ...

... three and a half day tour, when we're sure they'll make us get off the bus! There are lots of aboriginals in Alice town centre, but most of them, tragically, look down and out. We saw a family in the supermarket and it just looked so wrong that they were ...

... during this walking tour. (Except possibly while watching Koyanisquatsi, but I digress.) After our tour we drove around the rock to the cultural center and read more about the indigenous way of life. One of the things that I found interesting was the ...

... in the headlights as they sauntered across the road. After an hour or so we reached Curtin Springs though, which is actually the centre of a cattle station only slightly smaller than Bali! We checked in at the bar, where the barman appeared with sweat ...

... is called the Ayres Rock Resort.  The town / resort is made up of 6 different hotels and includes a town centre with cafe, newsagent, banks, shops, supermarket etc.  We stayed at the Ayres Rock Campground.  The top of the line is ...

... more pics to put on the site which she features in. It's just not the same without you Cheese!!! We spent 2 days in Ayers Rock resort, which we have now found was ample enough time to see most things. We flew to Ayers Rock airport which is basically ...

... 2/3 into the drive. This is often mistaken for Uluru despite being nearly 3 times the size! We eventually rolled into the Ayers Rock Campground around 1.00pm and booked our site for the night. We finally managed to do a load of washing (the last 4 stops ...

... resort, and Dave and I stayed at The Lost Camel.  It was a fun and funky little hotel with the bed positioned in the center of the room with a large shelf-like headboard separating the bed from the sink area.  They had a nice pool and a good ...

... a bit treacherous. I did not much want to walk around downtown Little Rock so I visited the William J. Clinton Presidential Centre in Little Rock. Now, whatever reputation Clinton may have left the White House with, he seems to pretty much walk on water ...

... the walk we drovE round to teh cultural centre and ate lunch literally right in front of Uluru, and then had a wander aroudn teh centre itself, including teh art shops. I felt v smug as I looked at the prices of the art work there and relasied how much ...

... on our side we did manage to grab a campsite at the nearby camping grounds at Uluru, and head off to the Uluru Cultural Center which explained a bunch about the meaning of the site we we at and much more about their history.  Fortunately we did all ...

... 't complain. We hiked around Kings Canyon an area made up of sandstone, gorges and crevices. It looked like a miniature Grand Canyon. In the centre of one of these gorges was a little oasis with a pond, palm trees, ferns, a couple of ducks, etc. Amazing ...

... water, despite there being several river courses through the town. We visited the Alice Springs Royal Flying Doctor Service control centre to learn more about the famous service. There are 27 branches around Australia and the Alice branch alone carry ...

... for a trek into the outback (Pringles, chocolate biscuits, more Pringles) we headed off. We stopped at the cultural centre just near Ayers Rock. Having seen the display of cakes in the cafe we decided our supplies were woefully inadequate for a trip into ...

... the central valley of Kata Tjuta.  On the way back we saw lots of bush tucker, before heading back to the Visitors Centre. We then had a fairly long drive listening to Ash's thrash mental music - deary me! We spend the evening at Kings ...

... . We left Wycliffe and no I wont be staying there on the way back up. Got to Alice Springs - the center of Australia. Stayed for a nightcap and got to Ayers Rock Resort on the 3rd. It quite literally is a resort. There's a campsite, a few restaurants and ...

... 2 baked potatoes. I got a kids meal and it came with a glow bird from the movie Journey to the Center of the Earth. :) On the drive back from Little Rock to Memphis I saw a sign from TEXACO. Must be one of the last ones. Once back in Memphis we ...

Well I finally made it to that big rock in the centre of Australia, it's only taken a decade or so of visits to this 'small Island' of tardis like proportions. In reality you do start to realize just how large the land mass of Australia really is, ...

... we were picked back up for an afternoon walk around the rock and a history lession on what was the Aboriginal  beliefs of the rock and the initiation sites for both males and females, we then all headed to the viewing platform to watch the sun set on ...

... ). Everyone was up for a laugh after introducing themselves over the mic! I'm not gonna bore you with the history on Ayres Rock (the world's biggest monolith), renamed to Uluru when the Aboriginie's took it back, but.......it's 3.6km long and rises a ...

... at sunset. It was lovely and peaceful and a nice time to reflect on our travels. Following sunset we head into Ayers Rock resort and find a cafe for tea, which fills a gap but is hardly decent or value for money. We settle down in our cabin for the ...