This morning the group took a long drive around The Olgas, also situated in the Uluru National Park and just as impressive as Ayres Rock. In fact as they are made up of many mounds of rock (the Aborigines have a name for them that means “Many Heads”) they are more interesting that Ayres Rock.
Before leaving Ayres Rock Saboohi and I decided to sign up for a helicopter flight around both Uluru and its neighbour The Olgas. I wasn’t sure whether or not we would see anything extra by flying above the 2 structures but the views were wonderful. There were 2 things that made the flight worthwhile; firstly you can’t see the true scale of them when you view them from the ground but when you are up high they dominate the whole area with miles and miles of flat desert and then these 2 huge and magnificent stone structures shooting up high out of the ground; secondly is the colour of the surrounding terrain, so many different shades of green, red and terracotta –so beautiful.
Late this afternoon we took a flight from the local airport (which only has about 2 flights out a day!) to Cairns.
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