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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
Beginning of trip from Sydney to Uluru (Ayres Rock). This was the day of the Melborune Cup, a horse race (and a BIG deal in Australia -- and probably New Zealand too). These comedy actors were doing some kind of promotion at the airport that was tied to the race. (IMG_4951.A495.JPG)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
From the airplane. Not a great photo. This was taken after we flew past the Blue Mountians, flying westward. The area here was desert. However what could be seen on the ground (and what I was trying to show in this photo) is that the ground was laced with dry channels. This indicated that there were heavy rains in the area at times. Later, as we got closer to Ayres Rock, there were no channels like this.(IMG_4953.A495.JPG)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
Ayes Rock from the plane. This image has all kinds of digital editing effects to try to remove the haze. These are false (or artifically enhanced) colors to some extent. The next two photos are also from the plane and have enhanced colors. (IMG_4965.A495B.JPG)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
This rock fomation is called Kata Tjuta. It is perhaps 15 miles away from Ayres Rock. (IMG_4968.A495A.JPG)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
From the plane. Ayres Rock in the background. The buildings in the foreground are the resort area. (IMG_4969.A495A.JPG)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
Sign in the airport in Uluru. Saw a dingo in the Blue Mountains (and also one in captivity at Featherdale), but not any in Uluru. Couldn't get a good photo of the one in the Blue Mountains because of shrubery in front of it (and it blended in REALLY well). Couldn't get a good photo of the one in Featherdale because it was constantly moving (and seemed to try to follow a path so there was stuff between it and the people in the viewing area, as much as possible). (IMG_4974.A495.JPG)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
Wildflowers in the Ayres Rock area. (IMG_4591.SX40.JPG)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
This photo was taken from a viewing area in the Uluru resort, as were the next several (they were taken at various zoom levels). The rock was surprisingly hard to see from inside the resort. These next several photos were taken from the top of a sand dune in the resort. (IMG_4592.SX40.JPG)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
Kata Tjuta in the distance. (IMG_4612.SX40.JPG)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
I guess I liked the look of these trees. (IMG_4977.A495.JPG)
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5 Nov 2013 (Tuesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
A restaurant area in the resort area. (IMG_4979.A495.JPG)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
This is the next day -- at the base of the rock. First three photos are signs.
Note that this sign does not show the trail on (up) the rock itself. They seem to do everything they can to discourage people from climbing the rock without actually prohibiting it (but they may prohibit hiking ON the rock within a few years -- more on that in the written trip log). The entry point to the climbing trail is at the group of 5 symbols on the left side of the rock on the map (below the "You Are Here"). (IMG_4999.A495.JPG)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
On this day, climbing (hiking to the top of the rock) was prohibited due to heat. It WAS hot that day (I believe it actually got to 40 C that day, which is about 104 F). However, my impression is that they close the trial to the summit on just about any excuse that can find -- part of the general discourgement for being on the rock.(IMG_5016.A495.JPG)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
Once you get to the base of the rock, all kinds of little holes, caves, and crevices become visible. (IMG_4988.A495.JPG)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
I went on a guided ranger walk around the base. He is showing us some petraglyphs here (marks and drawings made by humans in prehistoric times). (IMG_4993.A495.JPG)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
The vertical dark streak is a place water runs off during rains. There are apparently some depressions on the top where water collects duriing rains (and fish live in them). However, it's a ROCK, so, during rains, almost no water can soak in. It almost all runs off (at grooves and natural channels on the rock surface) at essentially the same rate it falls on the rock. (IMG_5002.A495.JPG)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
This was a pretty odd sign in the middle of a VERY dry desert. However, this is apparently a place at the base of the rock where runoff water can collect and then stand for a few days after heavy rains. Then it evaporates and/or soaks into the soil. (IMG_5009.A495.JPG)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
Bright streak on the rock is the trail to the summit. The trail bends out of sight at a false summit appearing in the photo. The trail is MUCH longer than this photo might suggest. (IMG_5017.A495.JPG)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
Building is the cultural center describing the culture of the local aboriginal people of this particular area. It was interesting, but not great. (IMG_5027.A495.JPG)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
This was the second night. Photo taken during sunset viewing just prior to the outdoor dinner. This is an entertainer playing a digeredoo.
The outdoor dinner, which I really liked, is called Sounds of Silence. (IMG_4614.SX40A.JPG)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
This photo and the next two show rock as sun sets. There were clouds on the horizon. I suspect we missed the more interesting colors when the sun shines directly horizontally on the side of the rock. The clouds blocked direct sunlight when it was actually at the horizon. (IMG_4615.SX40.JPG)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
A bar was set up in this sunset viewing area. (IMG_4622.SX40.JPG)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
This photo, and the next two, show the sun setting (almost) directly behind Kata Tjuta, another rock formation, perhaps 10-12 miles away. On this night, because of the clouds, the sunset was more interesting than the effect of the sunset on Ayres Rock. Sunlight passing thru gaps in the clouds make interestng shafts of light. (IMG_4637.SX40.JPG)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
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6 Nov 2013 (Wednesday) – Uluru Australia (Ayres Rock)
The moon after dark during the outdoor dinner. Venus was visible for at time after sunset. That MIGHT be it at about the 5 o'clock position relative to the moon. The dinner and sky show are described in the trip log in the Writings section of this web site. I tried to take some photos during the sky show, but they did not come out well. (IMG_4646.SX40.JPG)
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