Red Center Way - Part III

From Kings Canyon, we made our way to our final stop in the Northern Territory, Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park.  About an hour from Uluru (Ayers Rock), is Mount Conner which we originally thought was Uluru.  Alex and I couldn’t figure out why it was located so far from our hotel until we realized we did not have the right rock – oops!  Apparently, locals call Mount Conner "Fool-uru" as many people mistake it for Uluru!  

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Red Center Way - Part II

Saturday, we left Glen Helen Gorge and made our way to Kings Canyon.  On the way, we made a stop at Tnorala (Gosse Bluff), a 12-mile crater created 140 million years ago from a comet.  The area is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people who believe the crater was formed when a woman dropped a baby while dancing across the Milky Way.

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