The alarm went off at 5am so that we could go out to watch sunrise at Uluru (Ayers Rock). Helen couldn't face the early start so she stayed in bed while we went out to grab a viewing point. We had a good spot even though the place soon got busy - especially with the tour groups setting up their champagne breakfasts. We just tried to keep warm and not think of food too much! In fact, it wasn't too hard with the constantly changing colours on the rock.
Once the sun was up we went back to the Outback for breakfast and check-out and then went back to Uluru again to visit the cultural center and take a Park Ranger tour around part of the base where the excellent guide explained a lot of the geological history of the rock, how it fits into the aboriginal history and significance to the local Anango people.
The flight out of Uluru to Cairns was just after lunch and our flying visit to the Northern Territories was over.
The flight was delayed a little (first time so far on the whole trip) and it was about 8pm by the time we got our car and drove to our accommodation in Port Douglas on the Northern Queensland coast. When we arrived we found the reception closed but the extremely friendly managers (Helen & Ian) were well prepared and left us keys & information ready for our arrival.
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