Northern Territory

Have now been in the Northern Territory for a few weeks. We spent a week at the inspiring Uluru and Kata Tjitu exploring, doing some short walks, 2 sunsets and 1 sunrise. Its a very special spot in the world, each day it is different and while we had a lot of overcast conditions, it was great seeing the rock change and even dodging rain showers which was a little unexpected. We only missed seeing the rock with water running down it in the rain by about a week!

On our second night we went to something called Field of Lights, a light installation with Ayers Rock as the backdrop. Only here for a year so lucky to have the opportunity to see it light up as the sunset and then walk amongst the ‘fields’

Next stop was then Kings Canyon, we arrived and setup camp and then watched sunset with a glass of wine and then the next day we did the hike around the rim of the canyon. Took us about 4 hours with some steep climbs but absolutely amazing. Such a beautiful and varied landscape ranging from rocky spots to an area called the Garden of Eden which was a tranquil waterhole. Amazing..

Then we travelled to Palm Valley with a short stop at Hermannsburg for their renowned apple streudel and icecream, some wild brumby sightings on route, where we setup camp for 2 nights.  Yesterday we explored the area with a 4wd track out to the end of the track, Palm Valley (very rocky and definitely 4wd only), including Cycad Gorge, and then we did the Arankala walk which was amazing. After lunch we then went off to see the Kalarranga lookout, just a short walk but amazing views. Just a small selection of images from both walks.

While at Palm Valley we were advised by a ranger of approaching weather front over the weekend, so we changed our plans a bit and headed to Alice Springs for a few nights indoors before hopefully heading back into the park for a few more nights early next week. Still lots to see!!