Handed the camper in, all fine. We had travelled over 4300 miles in the 65 days we had it!!! Flew out of cairns and it was a sunny 29C. The weather went significantly downhill as we flew inland and when the plane tried to land (landing gear down, run way clearly visible) it quickly accelerated and steeply climbed away from the runway - yikes! The cloud was too low and the rain too bad for it to land. It took about 10 minutes before the pilot let us know what was happening by which time I had imagined every disaster!! We had to divert to Alice Springs to wait for the weather to improve. Got a free lunch and got on a flight later in the day - all good. Picked a hire car up at the airport, which the lady said was a free upgrade on the original booking. She told us what it was but it didn't mean anything to us. When we got outside it was a monster of a 4WD!! It was still raining when we got to Uluru which was the biggest surprise, I was expecting to be fried by the sun. It only rains about 10 days in a full year. On the very positive side we are only 1% of all visitors that get to see waterfalls falling from Uluru. We had a very wet but enjoyable couple of hours checking out the waterfalls. Glad to say that the weather was much better the day after when we walked around the base which took about 5 hours. Although it is just a big rock it is truly spectacular and you can't stop looking at it. Finished the day with an amazing sunset and a massive star filled sky. Today we went to Kata Tjuta which is another impressive rock formation. Walked through the Valley of Winds on a great 3 hour walk with more spectacular views. Had a truly memorable few days at Uluru. The rock is tops. Going back to check out the sunset again tonight. We fly out to Syndey tomorrow for our last 4 nights. Although sunny for the last couple of days it has only been 22C, I think it is actually warmer in the UK at the moment!! We are staying in a hostel and have had the dorm to ourselves for the last 2 nights, I hope we don't get any roomies tonight......See you all very soon love Dawn and Mark xxxx
