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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Red Center Way - Part I

We arrived in the Northern Territory of Australia where we have been for the past five days driving along the Red Center Way.  The route starts in Alice Springs and runs through the Australian outback, linking the MacDonnell Ranges and Watarrka National Park (Kings Canyon) with Uluru and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas). 

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