Day 102 Wednesday 3rd October. Uluru

Up at 7 am to go out to rock for Ranger guided walk at 8am along the Mala track at base of rock. Very informative, we all got lot out of it.  Olivia asked the question " is Uluru the biggest rock in the world?" the Ranger answered that it was the biggest "cleanskin rock" in Australia, there is apparently another rock in WA which is bigger, but has folaige on it. We then completed the base walk around the rock which was 10.2kms  & took us about 3 hours to complete. The walk was quite long, and if we had not been doing it with some of the girls friends from the campground we think it would have been even more challenging!!!
After this we returned to the van to have lunch & then a swim in the pool. The girls enjoyed playing with their new friends while we chatted to their parents while relaxing around the pool.

The Ranger talk from 8am at the Marla carpark

Some Rock Art at the base of the rock!

 Uluru!

 Completing the base walk was along way, the kids all needed a rest every now and then and utilised any chairs that were on the way.

 The views of the Uluru never disappoint.

 When arriving yesterday we drove through some fires, we also have walked through these that occurred last week. Prior to last week it has not rained in the area for 5 months.

It has become custom that Lucy towards the end of the walks power walks to the end. Nothing can stop her!

The girls that have lost opposite teeth on the trip so far!