The Olgas and Devil's Marbles

The next day, we woke up at 6am to flee the campsite that we were staying in for free (but it wasn't supposed to be free). Since a few people were awake, they decided to drive to Uluru again to see it at sunrise. It's supposed to be amazing. As you all may know, mornings aren't my thing, nevermind sunrise. I glanced at it from my bed in the back of the camper and dozed off again to sleep. Fortunately Barney got a gorgeous shot of it. 

The Olgas

Later on, we drove to The Olgas; giant rock formations sacred to the Aboriginal people. We took a trek through their valleys. The scenery is amazing. There's such a contrast between the huge red rocks and the green meadow-like valley in between. It's baffling how they came to exist. They just look so out of place in the middle of the desert. 

The Devil's Marbles

The Twits on the Rocks

Afterwards, drove North, heading to Alice Springs and along the side of the highway we came across the Devil's Marbles. This is another weird rock formation. They're just this pile of rocks that look like a giant piled them on top of eachother. We stopped to have a closer look at them and of course the boys had to climb them, with no thought given as to how they would get down again. 

Anyway, after that whole fiasco, we got to Alice Springs. It was mediocre. I thought, being the main town in the centre of Australia, and the gateway to Kings Canyon, Uluru and The Olgas, it would be a bit fancier. We had planned to stay there for a couple of nights, but we just went back on the road the next day.