A 3 ½ hour plane ride brings us to Alice Springs and we’re in the heart of the outback. We journey to Kings Canyon. The distances are huge along roads that stretch into the distance as far as the eye can see. Occasionally we see another vehicle and many drivers give us a wave to relieve the boredom, but we travel hundreds of kms with no sign of civilisation. The space is vast, the landscape red soil, desert scrub and outcrops of rock. The sky is deep blue and the temperature hovers around 30 degrees.
Kings Canyon. A 6km walk around the rim reveals the magnificence of the rock formations.
340 kms down the road we come to Kata Tjuta and aboriginal word meaning 'many heads' because of the rock formation.
Our next stop is Uluru. Ayers Rock rises from the desert floor in all its magnificence. A spiritual place of great significance and treasured by the aborigines. We walk around the base of the rock and admire its splendour.
Then it's back to Alice Springs and we leave the Outback covered with the red dust of the desert.
