lovetravellingoz
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Have done the Rock twice. The second times was to show my three daughters.
Once post Uni on one of my favourite ever personal trips, as part of a self-guided 4WD trip - Flinders Ranges - the Simpson Desert- Puni Bore (since capped) -Dalhousie Springs - Ayers Rock/The Olgas - Gosses Bluff (and there is a meteroite crater!!!) - up the Finke River to Palm Valley and Hermansberg - Kings and all the other Canyons -The Alice - Mataranka springs - Katherine - Cape Barrooloola and then back to Melbourne along the Qld Coast including Fraser Island.
The second time with kids redeeming points through Ansett when it cost no extra points to add an extra stop in and so we had a fornight sailing in The Whitsundays and then a week touring around Central Australia in a rental 4WD after flying in to The Alice.
Camped both times and so accommodation costs were minimal. We enjoy our bushwalks and so having our own transport was great as there are many interesting walks to do do near the Rock, and around The Olgas (Valley of The Winds)....not to mention many other places.
We climbed both times as back then there was not the angst that their is today about it.
The second time my youngest daughter was only 4 and she did most of it under her own steam with dad close by (I had a back pack to carry her in if needed). It took us 4 hours to summit, but the views were worth it.
A funny side-tale was that several days later we were heading off on a walk at Kings Canyon, and a mature lady was heard by us to remark to her equally mature female companion about that irresponsible family heading off for a long walk (we had back packs on etc and so clearly were not on just a few hundred metre car-park stroll )...whereupon her friend remarked back to her, " I would not be worried, I saw that little girl running around the top of Ayers Rock two days ago!!".
Once post Uni on one of my favourite ever personal trips, as part of a self-guided 4WD trip - Flinders Ranges - the Simpson Desert- Puni Bore (since capped) -Dalhousie Springs - Ayers Rock/The Olgas - Gosses Bluff (and there is a meteroite crater!!!) - up the Finke River to Palm Valley and Hermansberg - Kings and all the other Canyons -The Alice - Mataranka springs - Katherine - Cape Barrooloola and then back to Melbourne along the Qld Coast including Fraser Island.
The second time with kids redeeming points through Ansett when it cost no extra points to add an extra stop in and so we had a fornight sailing in The Whitsundays and then a week touring around Central Australia in a rental 4WD after flying in to The Alice.
Camped both times and so accommodation costs were minimal. We enjoy our bushwalks and so having our own transport was great as there are many interesting walks to do do near the Rock, and around The Olgas (Valley of The Winds)....not to mention many other places.
We climbed both times as back then there was not the angst that their is today about it.
The second time my youngest daughter was only 4 and she did most of it under her own steam with dad close by (I had a back pack to carry her in if needed). It took us 4 hours to summit, but the views were worth it.
A funny side-tale was that several days later we were heading off on a walk at Kings Canyon, and a mature lady was heard by us to remark to her equally mature female companion about that irresponsible family heading off for a long walk (we had back packs on etc and so clearly were not on just a few hundred metre car-park stroll )...whereupon her friend remarked back to her, " I would not be worried, I saw that little girl running around the top of Ayers Rock two days ago!!".
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