The Great Central Road (cont again)

 Tuesday 20/5/25. Day 4.

Our first stop this morning was at Lasseter’s cave. A gold prospector called Lasseter said he had found gold and went back to find it. He perished in this cave despite help from local indigenous people. Many people have gone out looking for his gold but no one has ever found it.




We then drove on to the Kata Tjuṯa (Olgas) for lunch and had a good look around. We have been here quite a few times but it was good to be here again.

View from the lookout.
Driving towards Kata Tjuṯa.

Valley of the winds.











We decided to drive on to Yulara.  As we had all been to Uluṟu a few times before we decided to give it a miss.

Uluṟu as we drove past. We stopped for fuel in Yulara and then continued eastward.

We stopped at the Mount Connor lookout. Mount Connor is often mistaken for Uluṟu on your first visit.










We topped up the water for some birds here.












That afternoon we took a while to find a campsite. We discovered that Wikki  Camps offline is not the same as the online version. Eventually we found an old gravel pit about 1 klm off the road which turned out to be a really good spot. We had another lovely evening in front of a campfire.




















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