Today we spent our last morning in Cairns, before flying to the center of Australia, The Northern Territory, The Outback! We decided to take one last walk around the city, doubling back to take pictures of some things we had not gotten earlier. On Sunday we walked to Church at St Monica’s and on the way thought what appeared to be a very large Bat! Looking into this further, there are thousands of very large Fruit Bats, living in the Mango trees in the City Center. (pictures below).
I also wanted to get a few pictures of the stained glass at St Monica’s.
We headed to the Cairns airport for the 3 hour flight to Alice Springs, where we changed plans and flew a short 30 minutes to Ayers Rock Airport where we would get to see Uluru/ Ayers Rock, considered sacred by the Aborigines. We dropped off the bags at our hotel, made our way to the National Park, and spent about an hour at the Visitor Center learning some of the mystic about Uluru. They said that only the aborigines have earned their right know the complete story, we must settle for bits and pieces. We were told several stories passed down through the years, and walked to parts of the rock that allow “white people”. Pictures were forbidden in many areas, as they were considered sacred.
After our short visit to the rock, we went to a viewing area several miles away where we prepared to watch sunset on Uluru. This is something people from around the globe come to see, and we were not disappointed. The sun changes the color of Uluru from light to dark and back again, pictures do not do it justice.
After this we headed back to the hotel, which did not offer wifi, which is the reason this blog is late.
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Enjoying all your pictures……love the camel ride