Neither of us wanted to get up really early, brave the cold, and drive out to the sunrise viewing area. If I'd known this view was just a few steps from my front door, I would have taken advantage.
The campground lookout also had an excellent view of Kata Tjuta (the Olgas).
Driving around on the open roads in the outback wasn't too hard. The toughest part of driving on the left is keeping straight which one is the windshield wiper and which one is the turn signal. Hint: they're reversed.
We pulled off the road several times to take photos.
This photo was taken at Uluru's sunrise viewing platform (Talinguru Nyakunytjaku). The sunset viewing platform (day 5) showed the northwest side of the rock. The sunrise viewing platform (pictured here) showed us the exact opposite (southeast).The second bump over Ma's shoulder is where we'll go next: Mutitjulu Waterhole.
The sunrise area also had a pretty good view of Kata Tjuta.
It was off to the left of Uluru.I somewhat regret not visiting Kata Tjuta. We missed our opportunity by not going out there yesterday afternoon. It's a completely different rock formation than Uluru. It's not made of sandstone. It's conglomerate. It's taller, too. It's also 110 km away round trip and has even fewer facilities than Uluru. (C'mon people, are porta-potties really that expensive??).
