Photo Diary: Climbing Ayers Rock and conquering Kings Canyon

Climbing Ayers Rock

Ayers Rock, also known as Uluru, is a large sandstone rock formation in the heart of Australia. It is a World Heritage Site and one of Australia's proudest natural icons. It is also a sacred place for Indigenous people of the area.

Going up the first part was definitely the scariest. There is a chain that goes up the first half as when the wind comes it's very easy to lose balance and can put you in quite a lot of danger. It was so steep and I didn't think I would even make it past chicken rock, then I saw two little kids coming down with their mum so I pushed myself and I got through it!

Half way up, there was a resting stop so we hydrated ourselves and 

celebrated for making it half way. Then we were off again.

On the second half up, there was so many lumps and bumps in the rock that it 

became so much fun. We took so much longer than we were supposed 

to because we couldn't stop exploring.

TOP OF THE ROCK, YULARA

Coming down was much scarier than climbing up.
Here's Troy helping Rosa down one of the steep areas.

Kings Canyon

Kings Canyon Camp ground had its own donkey!

Starting the climb.

Admiring the canyon

Half way into the walk the canyon descends down to a waterhole known as 

The Garden of Eden. It's a sacred place filled with palms and lush plants which is exceptionally beautiful as all that surrounds it is vast desert through the canyon.

 The views were incredible and definitely something to be put on a bucket list.

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