{"id":533,"date":"2011-06-01T22:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T12:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/?p=533"},"modified":"2011-06-02T08:43:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T22:43:31","slug":"alice-springs-kings-canyon-and-uluru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/?p=533","title":{"rendered":"Alice Springs, Kings Canyon and Uluru."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Everyone,<\/p>\n<p>Well we have had a very energetic last few days doing alot of walking and climbing (see James&#8217;s post above).<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned by Karen in the earlier post, we arrived in Alice Springs, after stopping at Wycliffe Well to look for some Aliens, and we managed to have a quick look around town in the afternoon. We were able to go up to Anzac Hill and watch the sunset over Alice and the MacDonnell Ranges. The next day we visited Simpsons Gap in the MacDonnell Ranges before heading into town to view some of the indigenous art galleries. Back we went to the caravan park, which is the biggest park I have ever seen (over 395 sites\/cabins), to prepare for the trip to Kings Canyon the next morning.<\/p>\n<p>Before leaving for Kings Canyon we joined most of the other people in the park for a free pancake breakfast, yum! &#8211; full of pancakes we left for Kings Canyon. We arrive at the Kings Canyon resort in the afternoon and setup the van and then watched the sunset over the canyon. At the resort we went to the Outback BBQ restaurant to watch the entertainment &#8211; &#8220;The Roadies&#8221; &#8211; they got the kids and adullts involved, as you will see in the photos.<\/p>\n<p>The following day we completed the 6km Kings Canyon Rim walk, which is on of the most memorable things we have done on the trip. The walk takes you from the base of the canyon to the top, through the Garden of Eden and around the rim of the canyon before returning to the carpark. Check out the photos.<\/p>\n<p>The following day we left for Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) National Park. We arrived at the Yulara Campgrounds and had a quick look at the resort shops before I went out to take some photos of Uluru sunset. <\/p>\n<p>As James mentioned in the post above we climbed the rock this morning after getting up at 5.30am to get some sunrise photos. The temperature was only 2 degrees. All I can say is this place is amazing and hope the photos speak for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow we will visit Kata Tjuta before preparing to head south to Coober Pedy on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers for now,<br \/>\nTom, Karen, James and Matthew.<br \/>\n<div class='polaroid-gallery galleryid-533' style='width:510px;'>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/James-at-the-Anzac-Hill-memorial-in-Alice-Springs.jpg\" title=\"James at the Anzac Hill memorial in Alice Springs\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"James at the Anzac Hill memorial in Alice Springs\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/James-at-the-Anzac-Hill-memorial-in-Alice-Springs-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Alice-Springs-and-the-MacDonnell-Ranges.jpg\" title=\"Alice Springs and the MacDonnell Ranges from Anzac Hill\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Alice Springs and the MacDonnell Ranges from Anzac Hill\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Alice-Springs-and-the-MacDonnell-Ranges-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Karen-and-the-boys-at-Simpsons-Gap.jpg\" title=\"Karen and the boys at Simpson&#8217;s Gap\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Karen and the boys at Simpson&#8217;s Gap\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Karen-and-the-boys-at-Simpsons-Gap-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/A-gum-tree-at-Simpsons-Gap.jpg\" title=\"A gum tree at Simpsons Gap\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"A gum tree at Simpsons Gap\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/A-gum-tree-at-Simpsons-Gap-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Kings-Canyon-at-sunset.jpg\" title=\"Kings Canyon at sunset\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Kings Canyon at sunset\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Kings-Canyon-at-sunset-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/James-playing-the-ploydigeridoo.jpg\" title=\"James playing the ploydigeridoo\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"James playing the ploydigeridoo\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/James-playing-the-ploydigeridoo-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Matthew-playing-the-lager-phone.jpg\" title=\"Matthew playing the lager phone\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Matthew playing the lager phone\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Matthew-playing-the-lager-phone-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Starting-the-Kings-Canyon-Rim-Walk.jpg\" title=\"Starting the Kings Canyon Rim Walk\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Starting the Kings Canyon Rim Walk\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Starting-the-Kings-Canyon-Rim-Walk-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Colours-of-Kings-Canyon.jpg\" title=\"Colours of Kings Canyon\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Colours of Kings Canyon\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Colours-of-Kings-Canyon-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/More-colours-of-Kings-Canyon.jpg\" title=\"More colours of Kings Canyon\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"More colours of Kings Canyon\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/More-colours-of-Kings-Canyon-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/At-the-top-of-the-Canyon.jpg\" title=\"At the top of the Canyon\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"At the top of the Canyon\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/At-the-top-of-the-Canyon-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Karen-checking-out-the-view.jpg\" title=\"Karen checking out the view\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Karen checking out the view\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Karen-checking-out-the-view-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Can-you-see-the-people-on-the-top-of-the-canyon.jpg\" title=\"Can you see the people on the otherside of the canyon?\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Can you see the people on the other side of the canyon?\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Can-you-see-the-people-on-the-top-of-the-canyon-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Sunset-at-Uluru-1.jpg\" title=\"Sunset at Uluru 1\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Sunset at Uluru 1\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Sunset-at-Uluru-1-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Sunset-at-Uluru-2.jpg\" title=\"Sunset at Uluru 2\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Sunset at Uluru 2\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Sunset-at-Uluru-2-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Sunset-at-Uluru-3.jpg\" title=\"Sunset at Uluru 3\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Sunset at Uluru 3\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Sunset-at-Uluru-3-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Sunset-at-Uluru-4.jpg\" title=\"Sunset at Uluru 4\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Sunset at Uluru 4\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Sunset-at-Uluru-4-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Sunrise-at-Uluru-NP.jpg\" title=\"Sunrise at Uluru NP\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Sunrise at Uluru NP\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Sunrise-at-Uluru-NP-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Uluru-and-Kata-Tjuta-at-Sunrise-1.jpg\" title=\"Uluru and Kata Tjuta at Sunrise 1\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Uluru and Kata Tjuta at Sunrise 1\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Uluru-and-Kata-Tjuta-at-Sunrise-1-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Uluru-and-Kata-Tjuta-at-Sunrise-2.jpg\" title=\"Uluru and Kata Tjuta at Sunrise 2\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Uluru and Kata Tjuta at Sunrise 2\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Uluru-and-Kata-Tjuta-at-Sunrise-2-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Karen-and-the-boys-at-the-Uluru-sunrise.jpg\" title=\"Karen and the boys at the Uluru sunrise\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Karen and the boys at the Uluru sunrise\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Karen-and-the-boys-at-the-Uluru-sunrise-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Yep-it-was-cold.jpg\" title=\"Yep, it was cold\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Yep, it was cold\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Yep-it-was-cold-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/About-to-start-the-Uluru-climb.jpg\" title=\"About to start the Uluru climb\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"About to start the Uluru climb\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/About-to-start-the-Uluru-climb-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Karen-and-the-boys-resting-at-the-top-of-the-chain.jpg\" title=\"Karen and the boys resting at the top of the chain\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Karen and the boys resting at the top of the chain\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Karen-and-the-boys-resting-at-the-top-of-the-chain-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Karen-and-the-boys-at-the-near-the-top-of-Uluru.jpg\" title=\"Karen and the boys at the near the top of Uluru\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Karen and the boys at the near the top of Uluru\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Karen-and-the-boys-at-the-near-the-top-of-Uluru-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Dad-and-the-boys-at-the-top-of-Uluru.jpg\" title=\"Dad and the boys at the top of Uluru\" rel=\"polaroid_221862859\" class=\"polaroid-gallery-item showcaption\"><span class=\"polaroid-gallery-image\" title=\"Dad and the boys at the top of Uluru\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Dad-and-the-boys-at-the-top-of-Uluru-150x150.jpg); width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Everyone, Well we have had a very energetic last few days doing alot of walking and climbing (see James&#8217;s post above). As mentioned by Karen in the earlier post, we arrived in Alice Springs, after stopping at Wycliffe Well to look for some Aliens, and we managed to have a quick look around town &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/?p=533\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tkjm.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}