Tally Ho

What I am about to say will be a totally shock for anyone who knows Deborah or for that matter read the blog a couple of days ago.

Debs hates flying, I mean really hates flying so she needed her big girl pants this morning as we were picked up and taken to the airport for a flight in, what can best be described as a tin can with wings, over Uluru and Kata Tjuta. It was reassuring to know that the pilot we had would soon be flying for Jetstar. We picked up a nice solo traveller called Emily and met a family at the airport and we were all soon packed in like sardines to this small plane. I was at the front seperated from Deb at the back, Emily rather touchingly offered to hold Deb’s hand but as I mentioned she had her big girl pants on and did tremendously well. It was worth getting over fears as the views were spectacular as you can see from the pictures. I imagine when Deb’s produces her photos they will be amazing.

No sooner had we landed than we were off to out next date, an aboriginal inspired afternoon tea which was just OK to be honest. Not the most attentive servers and just didn’t feel worth it for what we had paid.

The evening saw us transported to another location again with us enjoying seeing the sun set over Uluru and kata Tjuda. This time we were serenaded by a dude playing the didgeridoo, he was excellent and also very knowledgeable on the subject. From there we were taken down to another venue for a three course meal with the backdrop of the stars to guide us.

The food was OK but they placed us on tables of eight and the company, including two American couples were great. The highlight of the night was a talk on the stars complete with a guy with a very powerful laser. He spoke for 15 mins talking about the constellations, stars and galaxies and to be honest I could have listened to him for hours. The best fact of that night was that at Uluru we are closer to the international space station than the nearest McDonalds.

Soon it was time to return to the hotel and get ready for our flight to Cairns in the morning.

Was Uluru worth doing, absolutely. Is it something I would do again, no. One company runs the whole site and while they do it well it was insanely expensive and just felt a little artificial. That said if you were to ask is it worth it? If you have the money don’t be put off it is a spectacular site and sight.