Having checked into the Lost Camel we decided to take a drive out to Uluru. It was a 5 minute drive to the entrance to the park and we’ve bought a three day pass for $25 each. The money collected from the pass goes to the local community who manage Uluru (Ayers Rock), Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) and the local parklands.
It’s pretty late in the afternoon – about 4pm – so we drove around and sussed out where everything was.
One of the first stops we passed was a Sunset viewing platform. The good thing about the Sunset viewing platform is that it faces the sunset. As the sun goes down and the different reds and oranges come out of the sunset the colour of Uluru changes. In the photo above the rock appears purplish – this is largely due to the cloud cover and the lowish sun in the behind the photo which brings out the blues in the rock.