Kata Tjuta

Uluru is not the only large rock in the Northern Territories. A mere 50km away, there is a rock formation called Kata Tjuta (or the Olgas). This is another site which is sacred to the Anangu Aboriginal people and so there are few parts you can walk around, and like Uluru, they prefer it if you don’t climb them. We did a nice 8km walk around some of the rocks.

The highlight of the day, for me anyway, was our first confirmed sighting of a kangaroo. It stood still just long enough to be photographed before bounding into the bushes at a picturesque gorge between the rocks. I had seen some kangaroos in the Edwards winery in Margaret River, but they immediately jumped behind some trees before Paul and Pie saw them and so they didn’t seem to believe me… There was no denying this sighting!

During our time at the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, we had an all you can eat buffet. This involved eating as many Australian animals as we could. We had smoked emu, crocodile stir fry, kangaroo and barramundi. Sadly there was no quokka on the menu.