8 July - Camel Farm and Bush Yarns

8 July 2016 – 178 019

Camel Farm, Bush Yarns and School Work

Today was again a school day for Hayden, however we took a break in the middle of the day to do some activities.  We headed to the Yulara town square to listen to “Leroy” talk about the men’s weapons of the Central Desert Region and why and how each is used.  He also explained why items such as the returning boomerang are not used locally – these are used by coastal peoples for hunting water birds and are made of light wood.  The boomerangs used in the Central Desert are made of hard, heavy mulga for breaking the legs of emu or kangaroo; if it was to return it would injure the thrower, so these are not designed to return. https://www.ayersrockresort.com.au/experiences/detail/free-daily-activities

After this, we headed to the camel farm – we saw lots of camels saddled up, some in a train, and watched them sit down.  This looks like it would be very jerky.  I was surprised by how much variation in colour there was between animals and how continuous the colour range was with each shade represented. https://www.ulurucameltours.com.au/

I caught up on my journal, photo sorting and blog posting!! Ta Da! 

This evening we went to a different lookout to watch the sun set on Uluru – again it was beautiful but completely different – going from purple to velvety brown, the sun was behind some low cloud so we didn’t get the burst of orange we have had on other nights.  It has been quite amazing how much colour variation there is in the rock under different light and weather conditions.