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everythingremembered · 1 year

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the amazing 550-million-years-old Uluru and Kata Tjuta, from a distance

#uluru #katatjuta #centralaustralia #australianoutback #originalphotograph #landscape #photographersontumblr

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transformgraphics · 1 year

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Sunrise at #katatjuta #valleyofthewinds #northernterritory #australia #seeuluru #redcentre #ulurukatatjutanationalpark (at Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqZTndKyF2e/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#katatjuta #valleyofthewinds #northernterritory #australia #seeuluru #redcentre #ulurukatatjutanationalpark

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crubeens · 1 month

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Bulging with the Moon's Pull

Bulging With The Moons Pull- a Guest Review.

Peace Pagoda, Leverett MA. US Bulging With The Moon’s Pull Today’s blog is a treat. I love the imagery of Majella’s poetry, and there’s hopefully more of Majella’s poetry in the future for us. We begin with a short interview. What gave you the idea for this poem? My time traveling in Australia near KataTjuta (the Olgas) – at the dead centre. What got you into writing in this genre? I was…

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guya18 · 3 years

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Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Cover Photo by Danny Lau on Unsplash Pensando all’Australia, oltre a canguri, koala, surfisti e la capitale Sydney, nella vostra mente sono sicura che appare anche l’immagine di questa “montagna rossa” in mezzo al nulla. Oggi vi presento Uluru (o Ayers Rock). Pare sia iniziato a formarsi 550 milioni di anni fa e oggi è un attrazione turistica imperdibile. Molto importante sapere che i 2/3 di…

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#australia #ayersrock #katatjuta #nationalpark #uluru

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remofella · 3 years

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Driving through the Australian countryside Landscape Collection / #outback #photography Copyright by @remofella #downunder #australianationalparks #vegetation #australianphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #theolgas #australianphotographer #australiagram #kingscanyon #kingscanyonnationalpark #loveaustralia #uluru #filmphotography #katatjuta #australia #sunrise #sunset #outbacks #alicesprings #australiaday #australianartist #remofella #nikoneurope #nikonaustralia #nikondach #nikonfe2 #lumix If you like the post, please follow @remofella and share with your friends! 🙏 (hier: Kakadu National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMmP37Bj5N-/?igshid=1jmiaf9d783uw

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adelkamora · 4 years

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#uluru #katatjuta

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scheufelequillain · 4 years

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#tb#downunder#2017#uluru#australia#outback#sunset#sunny#redrock#katatjuta#dark#champagne#hot#holiday#backpacking#aboriginal# (bij Uluru) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAZ13F8j6d1/?igshid=1sz8ke5965yyf

#tb #downunder #2017 #uluru #australia #outback #sunset #sunny #redrock #katatjuta #dark #champagne #hot #holiday #backpacking #aboriginal

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ekkyu · 4 years

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#uluru #ayersrock #katatjuta #olga

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timtamtalestakestwo · 5 years

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Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong....

After dropping the Chrises at Sydney Departures to catch their flight back to the UK (see previous blog post for part 1!), I headed onwards to the Domestic terminal to catch a flight up to Darwin. Arriving at 1am, I had a rather sleepless few hours on the floor of Darwin airport before greeting my parents through arrivals at 5am! We had 3 weeks of Outback adventures ahead to catch up on all we’d missed from a year apart!

We picked up our Britz campervan for the first part of the trip and headed straight in the direction of Kakadu National Park on the red dirt roads in the very hot sunshine to get straight into holiday mode! The evening was spent at an old aboriginal site called Ubirr; here there were ancient ochre paintings, beautiful rock formations and stunning vistas, perfect for a sunset viewing!

We’d heard there might be a possibility of seeing crocs in Kakadu although none of us were convinced we actually would. However, a stroll to Cahill’s Crossing proved us all wrong; on arrival we could see the ominous backs of about 12 crocodiles swimming around in the inaccurately named ‘East Alligator River’. There were locals fishing in the river standing scarily close to the edge, given that behind them were multiple collections of flowers and crosses commemorating people who had been killed in recent years by getting just that bit too close! It was incredible to see the crocodiles climbing out of the water and watching their size triple from what it had appeared in the water!

All those black dots in the water? Crocodiles!

A stunning walk around Bardedjilidgi sandstone outcrops and a steep hike up to Nawlandja lookout overlooking the Nourlangie escarpment provided some of our first exposures to the incredible Kakadu landscape! Given how much land was burning all the time (at one point there were embers right up to the road we were driving along), we were surprised at how green the landscape was.

We braved another close croc encounter on a walk around Anbangbang billabong and also spotted our first Jabiru! It looked absolutely enormous – especially in comparison to all the other birds on the billabong!

Spent the night at an unexpectedly beautiful campsite on the Mary River where we were surrounded by wallabies and kangaroos!

It was time to head across to Litchfield National Park – a smaller area and surprisingly quite different landscape to Kakadu given its relative proximity. We stopped off en route at the ‘magnetic termite mounds’ – so called as they are aligned with their main axis running north to south and orientated such to minimise midday sun exposure and warmth inside the mound. There were also some enormous mounds- up to 5 metres high!

We did a walk to Buley rockholes (which themselves were full of people swimming) but we found our own private one just a few minutes downstream to have a much-needed refreshing dip! Our walk took us down to the popular Florence Falls, and then onwards to the stunning Wangi Falls where we were staying the night! Wangi falls had been closed until the week prior due to crocodile sightings so it was safe to say my mum did not look one bit relaxed for the beautiful sunset swim in there!

Buley Rockholes

Wangi Falls

We squeezed as many hikes as we could in our short time in Litchfield so our last full day there was spent hiking along the Upper and Lower Cascades (literally clambering down a waterfall). It was so hot and we found an inviting rockhole mid-hike but had left our swimmers in the van– my dad and I are not ones to miss out on a plunge pool swimming opportunity so we just jumped in in our clothes! Lunch was at the top of yet another waterfall amid the Tjaetaba walk through a sharp contrast of monsoon forest and savanna landscapes! We finished the day with a walk around the Tolmer falls which were worth our close shave with heat stroke in the high temperatures of the afternoon!

We briefly explored Darwin town centre and harbour before driving to the airport for our flight to Alice Springs for our Red Centre adventure!

Flying in we could see no evidence of any human life anywhere close until we got off the plane and saw there was in fact an airport there! It had just been expanses of red dirt as far as the eye could see, with no town in sight! We were staying in an amazing ‘glamping hut’ I found on Airbnb called Under The Hump. Sitting outside by the firepit having our kanga steaks with a beautiful view of the stars will certainly be one of me lasting memories of Alice! We weren’t quite prepared for the cold weather we would be faced with though – going from 32 degree mornings to 3 degrees was a bit of a shock to the system!

We explored the town and rather fell in love with its character! A small sleepy town surrounded thousands of miles of desert! Having lived by the coast all our life we realised it was the furthest any of us had ever been from the sea!

We explored the famous Todd Mall markets, and went to the Todd River (I was hugely disappointed by this as was expecting an actual river and was met by an expanse of sand. Apparently I was the only one to not be aware that this would be the case. My Tripadvisor review would be a generous 1star as far as rivers go. Same goes for the actual Alice Spring which I didn’t realise we had even seen until I was told later – because it was again just sand.) We spent a fascinating few hours at the National Women’s Pioneer Museum at the old gaol and a visit to the Telegraph station which allowed telegraphs to be sent between Adelaide and Darwin and was the site of the first European settlement in Central Australia (I imagine the Spring actually had water in it at that time….) – although should be acknowledged that the Arrernte people have inhabited what is now Alice Springs for thousands of years prior!

One of my favourite days of the trip was exploring the absolutely breath-takingly beautiful West MacDonnell ranges along the Larapinta trail. We started about 2 hours from Alice at our furthest point, Glen Helen Gorge. It was a deceivingly cold day despite the basking sunshine so we passed on taking the ‘refreshing dip’ here and felt for the many people we saw running who were doing a 4 day Larapinta trail run!

Mum trying to protect herself from the cold wind!

The next stop was the stunning Ormiston Gorge with hike around the top and through the middle of the gorge (which again had no water because dry season!). The other stops along the way are probably best described with photos rather than words. They included the Ochre pits where indigenous people collected ochre to use for rock and body paintings, which they used to tell Dreamtime stories and in ceremony; Serpentine Gorge with a steep hike up to a lookout over the West MacDonnells; Ellery Creek Hole and Simpsons Gap. We had hoped to see a few rock wallabies along the way but unfortunately they may have been hiding away from the cold!

It was a long 5 hour drive down to Yulara (the small resort town for Uluru). 5 hours along a straight road with fairly barren red dirt desert either side; even just this relatively short distance made us appreciate how enormous and sparse this country is. We caught our first glimpse of Uluru and Kata Tjuta from afar as we approached and what a beautiful sight it was! We found a viewing area next to our accommodation where we watched our first of many Uluru sunsets!

We spent the next 3 days exploring the National Park, learning about the significance of Uluru to the Anangu people and all about the local culture and traditions. Seeing Uluru up close was much more impressive than I'd imagined; what looks like a fairly uniform rock from far away is made of up so many caves and gorges and rock formations which all have cultural significance and stories behind them!

Mutitjulu Waterhole

The other place of significance in the National Park is Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) which is a contrasting collection of rocks (the formation of both Uluru and Kata Tjuta seems to be still very much undecided so I’m struggling to know what to call them!). We did an absolutely stunning hike there called the Valley of the Winds with some breathtaking viewpoints.

After lots of beautiful sunset viewings, we braved a very early start, armed with a thermos of hot tea, to drive into the Park to watch the sunrise. It was certainly a popular event but we could see why – watching the colours change over Uluru with Kata Tjuta in the distance was just spectacular!

Our legs were exhausted from a lot of hiking so we spent our last day going to workshops and talks put on by the resort, learning about bush tucker, aboriginal hunting tools and even a didgeridoo lesson!

It was time to fly back to Newcastle but what a trip of a lifetime we’d been lucky to experience! It was great to finally show my mum around the place I’ve talked so much about over the past 5 years and to take her back to Sydney to see where they both lived 31 years ago, and meet up with some of their old friends!

Sadly, their life back in England called, so it was another goodbye but we parted ways with so many incredible memories to last a lifetime!

It was back to hospital life and the revision grind for me....

#australia #uluru #katatjuta #outback

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nunoxaviermoreira · 5 years

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Kata Tjuta: Evening . . . by Clement Tang * Kata Tjuṯa (means many heads), also known as the Olgas, is a group of large, dome shaped rock formations or bornhardts located about 32 km west of Uluru and 360 km (220 mi) southwest of Alice Springs. Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, located 25 km to the east, and Kata Tjuṯa form the two major landmarks within the Uluru-Kata Tjuṯa National Park. The 36 domes that make up Kata Tjuṯa cover an area of 21.68 km2 (8.37 sq mi), are composed of conglomerate, a sedimentary rock consisting of cobbles and boulders of varying rock types including granite and basalt, cemented by a matrix of sandstone. The highest dome, Mount Olga, is 1,066 m (3,497 ft) above sea level, or approximately 546 m (1,791 ft) above the surrounding plain (198 m (650 ft) higher than Uluru. They are thought to have been one huge piece of rock, much like Uluru, that has weathered over millions of years to become an intriguing series of individual formations. Kata Tjuta has been listed as Dual UNESCO heritage site. This image was taken on a fine evening. Mt Olga and Walpa Gorge are on the right. The reddish-brown colour is due to the iron oxide and clay covering the conglomerate rock surface. On the left dome, many small caves have pock-marked the surface. https://flic.kr/p/2hpHCTW

#IFTTT #Flickr #katatjuta #mtolga #walpagorge #northernterritory #australia #springevening #travel #l

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everythingremembered · 1 year

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valley of the winds walk, Kata Tjuṯa

#katatjuta #centralaustralia #landscape #originalphotograph #australia

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transformgraphics · 1 year

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Mum’s picture window #katatjuta #valleyofthewinds #northernterritory #australia #seeuluru #redcentre #ulurukatatjutanationalpark (at Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqZTYMESehY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#katatjuta #valleyofthewinds #northernterritory #australia #seeuluru #redcentre #ulurukatatjutanationalpark

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mademoiselleaye · 5 years

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Made it in time for sunset between two of the Olgas . . . . . #katatjuta #olgas #walpagorge #hike #hiking #nt #daytrip #australianoutback #RedCentreNT #centralaustralia #NTaustralia #northernteritory #cuinthent #discoveraustralia #australiagram #exploreaustralia #seeaustralia #australia #travel #holiday #adventure #travelandlife #wanderlust #adventurethatislife #exploremore #lifeofadventure #beautifuldestinations #worldtravelpics #worldplaces #welltravelled #stayandwander (at Walpa Gorge at Kata Tjuta) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzFWbiwhZRW/?igshid=1lan1n8i14zqr

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nulla-arbor · 5 years

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Wanderungen im Red Centre.

Kata Tjuta.

#australia #katatjuta #redcentre #ontheroadagain

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remofella · 3 years

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Last rays of sunshine over the Australian outback. Landscape Collection / #Outback #photography Copyright by @remofella #downunder #australianationalparks #vegetation #australianphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #theolgas #australianphotographer #australiagram #kingscanyon #kingscanyonnationalpark #loveaustralia #uluru #filmphotography #katatjuta #australia #sunrise #sunset #outbacks #alicesprings #australiaday #australianartist #remofella #nikoneurope #nikonaustralia #nikondach #nikonfe2 #lumix If you like the post, please follow @remofella and share with your friends! 🙏 (hier: Kata Tjuta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMfa7-ZjMoh/?igshid=b6m1zlkcvw5e

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stardust-casino · 5 years

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我與原住民的木雕🦎一起爬上Uluru，試著用身體最大面積接觸這塊神聖巨石，原來在紅土中心離地300公尺仰望天空是這種感覺：漂浮在空中。據說今年這項攀爬的活動就會被禁止，若真如此往後巨石頂端將回歸寧靜，而那自由的一刻會永遠刻在記憶之中。 · · · · · · #diewocheaufinstagram #旅遊 #澳洲 #ayersrock #uluru #ulurukatatjutanationalpark #exploreuluru #katatjuta #centralaustralia #ntaustralia #ontheroadnikon #ontheroad #烏魯魯 #amazingearth #艾爾斯岩 #instagood #igers #artofvisuals #outside_project #takemoreadventures #northernterritory #yourshotphotographer #ig_photostars #ig_photooftheday #igerstaiwan #discover #moodygrams #earthfocus #welivetoexplore https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx6n79MHOPr/?igshid=cugmn4s75dvu

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