Day 11,Tuesday 21 June
It is a really pleasant feeling to awaken during the night, snug under a down doona, to hear rain failing on the Camperās roof. The local Anangu people might be grateful that Mark has maintained his batting average – of four trips to the Rock it has rained heavily three times.š The so-called attraction of ārain on the rockā pales somewhat when it is the default experience!
This morning we went out to Kata Tjuta, whose monoliths give the Rock decent competition for the āamazing scenery in the middle of the desertā award.
We took the relatively short āWalpa Gorgeā walk through a small valley between two of the monoliths. Spectacular.
By the time we got back to the car the rain had really set in. The weather was now cool to cold. We only had lightweight wet weather gear with us, so we decided to pass on the longer (albeit more spectacular) āValley of the Windsā walk, having done it several times before in more clement weather ( that is, bloody hot!).
Back via Uluru to check out if any of the rivulets were flowing off the rock. They were!
We leave for Wattarka National Park tomorrow, fingers crossed for a dry spell to break camp.
Nessā and Markās Wandering 