6 July 2016 – 177 956
Uluru Again
This morning we all had a sleep in and leisurely breakfast,
showers etc. Caught up on my journal
writing, just need to catch up on photo downloading and blog posting. Mid-morning we headed out to Uluru again,
this time to run a lap around the base.
It was 9.75km which took 1:06:29 with the most amazing view!! Fantastic to actually not be cold for a while.
After lunch the Cultural Centre was our next
stop – we watched a video on Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park produced by the
Anangu people.
https://parksaustralia.gov.au/uluru/do/cultural-centre/ This was followed by a talk presented by one of the Rangers on the management of the park; endangered, threatened or locally extinct animals, as well as the Mala reintroduction program. Mala are extinct in the wild on mainland Australia, but have been reintroduced to Uluru in a predator free enclosure (58Ha). The Mala have gone from an original release population of 24 in 2005, to 250 ten years on. Home again for showers and dinner – Hayden played footy with a group of boys while I was cooking and appeared to have a great time. Tried to book in for a Dot painting class, but booked out for the next four days. Unfortunately Drew and Hayden’s Astro Tour for this evening was cancelled due to weather – too much cloud to see the stars.
https://parksaustralia.gov.au/uluru/do/cultural-centre/ This was followed by a talk presented by one of the Rangers on the management of the park; endangered, threatened or locally extinct animals, as well as the Mala reintroduction program. Mala are extinct in the wild on mainland Australia, but have been reintroduced to Uluru in a predator free enclosure (58Ha). The Mala have gone from an original release population of 24 in 2005, to 250 ten years on. Home again for showers and dinner – Hayden played footy with a group of boys while I was cooking and appeared to have a great time. Tried to book in for a Dot painting class, but booked out for the next four days. Unfortunately Drew and Hayden’s Astro Tour for this evening was cancelled due to weather – too much cloud to see the stars.
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