Day 103. Thursday 4th October Uluru

Today we had a reasonably lazy morning till Lucy went up to the kiosk to get some milk & check the status of the climb. We had been waiting for the wind to die off so the climb could be opened for the last 2 days. Ava lost another tooth today, leaving her with a big gap where her 2 front teeth were!  Lucy came racing back to our van without the milk  yelling "it's open!!" We went into turbo mode then, getting ready at record speed, as the status has been known to change very quickly. After a serious talk in the car re safety we arrived at the base and started our ascent. We took our time and had a few breaks along the way. The rock is quite steep in some places, we all needed to get down on our hands & knees to climb up at some parts & use the chain. Once at the end of the chain ( about halfway), the girls all lost bit of momentum and started dragging their feet. They all wanted to stop & go back down, Olivia had a mini meltdown, ( we managed to nip it in the bud before it became one of her usual full blown ones)  but after along rest and much encouragement from Jason & Leanne we continued on to the top!!!!! Another rest & many photos then we began our descent. The walk down used different muscles & was a bit harder on the knees! Once at the bottom we all re-hydrated and drove to the resort where we rewarded ourselves with lunch. We wanted to fit in our last hike for the trip at the Olgas, so we did a "deal" with the girls that if they did the last hike they would be rewarded with an ice cream of their choice!!!! The bribery/convincing  worked, so off we went to do the  Walpa  Gorge walk which was 2.6kms.  Ava struggled with this hike, feeling it in her legs & overheating, but we were all very proud of ourselves & excited when we got to the lookout at the end! After this we headed back to the resort & had our promised ice cream, then  topped up our Diesel in preparation for our drive tomorrow. Once back at the van we all had a much needed swim, followed by dinner & bed early. 

Uluru Climb

Olivia having a rest in a hole that se found as soon as we reached the top.

The photos above are all at the Summit of Uluru

Starting to make our way down

 While going down was nowhere as physically demanding as the climb it still had its challenges.

The Olgas

 The Olgas Gorge Walk, Ava towards the end of the day had had enough!!