The Outback - Alice Springs to Uluru

From Darwin we flew to Alice Springs. Originally we had planned to travel from Darwin to Adelaide on The Ghan, breaking the trip for a few days in Alice Springs to explore. The train service had only recently recommenced and as we were unable to get a booking for the first leg of the journey we went by plane.

We stayed at the Desert Palms Resort which is across the road from the Todd River.

 

The Todd River flows through Alice Springs but the river bed is normally dry. The Henley on Todd Boat Race, held on the dry sandy river bed in August or September each year, is a major event in Alice Springs. Competitors race along the sand in bottomless boats. In 1993 the event was cancelled due to flooding.

 



 

Next morning we travelled by coach from Alice Springs  to Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock.The trip through desert country illustrated the contrasting colours of the red sand and the sage green of the scrub with the bright blue sky.

 

On route we stopped for a short time at a camel farm and then at the Mt Ebernezer roadhouse for morning tea. We also stopped to view Mt Connor which could be seen in the distance from the road.

 

We arrived at the Ayers Rock Resort in time for lunch.