Day 355 – I spy a really big rock

• Desert Oaks – Yulara
• 269kms
• 35°c

The flies were soo bad this morning that despite the fact that I had to put my trackies and jacket on in bed, it was that cold, there was no way I could’ve lasted longer outside than the 5 minutes of stretching I managed to do! Not a very long drive today, so we made a quick pitstop at a roadhouse and as Ella, Oscar & I walked around to grab a drink from the van we were startled by some emus hanging out up close and personal at the fence.

After dashing inside for some bread we fed the lovely emus, one in particular was quite greedy and didn't want to share with a cute baby one that appeared once we had bread. Well cute it was until it bit Ella when she fed it, then she wasn't particularly impressed with it at all. 

We also spied a Big echidna and Frilled Neck Lizard, haven't seen those mentioned anywhere before, maybe we just discovered them? Anyways, they've made it onto our list!

As we laid eyes on the massive rock formation below we got excited that we could finally see "The Big Rock", however this hat shaped formation is Mount Conner but I have it on good authority from Wikipedia that they are easily confused!

I spy... this time it was The Big Rock and it wasn't as smooth as we expected it to look but it sure looks Big! The Olgas were also visible from the campground, which is the closest and only place to camp near Uluru. Can't wait to get up close to these massive rocks tomorrow.

The town centre of Yulara is only a short drive from the campground, we had some mail to post and were in need of food, again! The pool at the campground is not swimmable due to the fact it has no water, however we were able to use the resort pool which we decided to check out. I think we got two toes in before we all decide that would have to be in the top ten coldest pools of the trip!

Ayers Rock Resort Campground, $55 a night, power, water, amenities, pool (no water but able to use resort pool)