13th September 2023
Distance: 326 Km
Fuel: 10 Litres
Arriving at Uluru today!
The kids turned up at about 9am after spending the night camping at the border. We were ready and drove into the fuel stop to meet them. Kulgera is reckoned to be the most central pub in the country – it claims to be the First and Last in the NT.
For some reason the pub has a rotary clothes line full of old shoes and boots.
Steady drove north along the Stuart Highway until the roadhouse at the turn off for the Lasseter Highway to Uluru where we stopped for an ice cream while Dale refuelled before continuing west toward the rock.
Refuelled at the roadhouse about 80 km before the Yulara resort (only 10 litres at $3 a litre) but out here they have you over a barrel, fuel stops are few and far between.
Arrived at the Ayers Rock Resort Campground early afternoon and after a short period queueing finally were allocated our powered sites. Quickly set up next to Katie and Geoff.
The others decided to go to the viewing area to watch Uluru change colour at sunset but we will go another night, we are here for four nights so plenty of time.
Our plans to travel home through Queensland are in jeopardy because of the bushfires around Tennant Creek and along the Barkly Highway and we may have to return home the way we came.
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