Oodnadatta Track Holiday - Oodnadatta to Uluru

Welcome to those who are following along with this holiday. Oodnadatta of which this gravel road is named after is a tiny town where the famous Roadhouse is all pink. Fences, seats, even the tourist goods inside. We camped in the campground, more "out the back" and where I found the shower most interesting and couldn't stop giggling while I explained it to John.

Posting a card to the twins for their 6th Birthday.

Entrance from the campground to Roadhouse

Inside was also very pink, and they sold pink akubras, scarves, fly nets mugs etc.

Laundry and camp kitchen area

There were two showers, either side of each other with a  metre of communal dressing place between. Lucky I was on my own but it struck me as very funny that day. No hooks either. The main door to the area also didn't lock either.

Note two curtains one for the  RH shower and the other is the "door"

Left Hand side, Shower mat included

Because I could be queen of the desert.

Leaving Oodnadatta we continued on to  Marla which was our next stop but as we arrived at 1pm continued on to Kulgera, which means we hit Northern Territory, and finally bitumen roads. Such a relief on my part.

Another Fabulous State Entrance

Kulgera had a pub attached to the caravan park and Free Wifi with drinks, so caught up with emails etc but the roof here was full of bras. I was feeling quite ill by this time and a couple of SSBlanc icecold was lovely.

I was starting to get a thing about the showers, we were experiencing, as at this park the doors had a gap so if you wanted to see if they were being used, easy to see a naked lady via the gap lol. Also one hook. By this time I started taking a bag I got from my Seymour Forum visit, to hold all the things. Where as in Victoria and most of NSW Caravan Parks you get two hooks, often two more on the door plus a seat/bench area but up this way we were getting down to one hook or none at all, and quite a dance to try and change in and out of clothes. Also signs appeared, to use the mop. I found the whole thing very amusing.

Note the gap

Bright and early next morning we set off to  Uluru/Ayers Rock, still the same old flat desert scenery, and stopped at the turnoff of Erldunda for diesel and had a cappucino which was a treat not seen for days. Diesel was over $2.00 a litre so John used one of the cans he had filled at Coffs Harbour instead. This was quite a resort area after all that we had seen so far. Emus, a shop, a resort and caravan park, greenery even a sprinkler. Very busy place.

Emus here and this shed wall very interesting.

 As we had gained  several hours, after arriving and setting up camp at Ayers Rock Resort, we did a self tour out to the base of Uluru, and walked to the Cultural Centre and visited the tourist areas. Then stayed for the Sunset, which was a very popular thing to do as all the photographers came out of nowhere. John took a zillion photos along with at least 100 other people.  Some even had wine and nibbles.

Good Outback Soil.

Our first decent view

Outside the Cultural Centre we were not allowed photos inside.

Fabulous hand made seats, everywhere.

Walkway to the special areas.

Only paintings we saw the whole trip.

At the Waterhole but very little water due to the drought.

Lots of tourists buses at this time of day about 4pm.

Sunset happening but glarey

Sunset

Next day we had a look around the resort and shop area. Found these Stuart Desert Peas at the back of the place where we had parked.

Inside one of the Resorts

 At the Resort Part there is a fountain and surrounding this are lots of shops and one cafe, which is run by aboriginal trainees. They were very slow.

Of course it is fly country here and unless wearing you fly net always doing the wave.

Various free things were happening this one on music, another had how to play digeredoo, and another on plant foods.

Not expecting mail boxes here. Post Office, banks, Offices all catered for.

 We then drove out to the Olga viewing platform, which was a fair walk up to the top of a hill. The look out was a great structure though and you could see both Uluru and the Olgas from it.

Then we actually drove out to the Olgas and walked one of the canyons. Very windy too.

Next day we packed the van up, left it and  then went out to a Camel Farm by 9am and had a ride. Never done that before,and a highlight,  there was also a small animal zoo.

My Animal Guide

 After this went back and hooked up the van  to drive to Alice Springs, 15 days of travelling so far.

Till Next time, 5 days at the Alice.