Red Center - Uluru, Kata Tjuta, Watarrka

Friday morning, I was picked up at 6am for a 3 day tour to Uluru (Ayers Rock), Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), and Watarrka (Kings Canyon). They are all sacred places of the Aboriginals, and we learned a lot about their culture while there.
All their knowledge is passed down from generation to generation, from the elders to those who are worthy for it, and never written down. 

They only give away a tiny little part of it to white people. Actually everything we are told are children's stories. In their eyes, their culture should not be shared, and they don't trust us. Professors are working hard to find out more about the longest ongoing culture on Earth.
The reason they do share a small part is because tourism is a big part of their income, so to keep it going without people disrespecting some of their most sacred places (eg. swimming in the water holes, climbing Uluru), they try to educate the tourists and give them bits and pieces of the creation stories they believe in. They hope people won't come to climb the rock, but to learn something about Aboriginal culture as well. 

It was all very interesting and the whole tour was a lot of fun.

Collecting firewood

Old aboriginal cave paintings

Uluru at sunset

Where we cooked and ate

Where we slept. The extra sleeping bag is called a swag

Uluru at sunrise

Kata Tjuta:

Mount Connor, also called Fooluru because many people go here, taking a picture thinking it's Uluru, and go back.

Trying Kangaroo steak. Basically tastes like beef.

King's Canyon:

The Garden of Eden

They call this "The lost world"

Our second camping spot