It was surreal to watch Uluru turning bright red. Everybody watched with pin drop silence.
You could feel the cold wind. And hear some birds waking up. Otherwise, there was complete silence as Uluru woke up.
The motto of the local Anangu aboriginals here is “Touch the Silence”
I touched the silence. And it was an out of body experience.

From our viewing station, we could see the Kata Tjuta in the distance. The colors looked ethereal!

We got bundled up (it is cold here with the wind) and headed towards the park early in the morning. Stopped on the path to take this shot.

We are a bit tired. We will be back tomorrow first thing to catch the sunrise and then later, the sunset. Apparently Uluru becomes bright red in the sun’s early (and late) rays.

I was expecting vast barren lands in the Great Australian Desert. Turns out there is fairly good amount of vegetation. At least in this part of the Outback. The most surprising part is there are absolutely no animals – no grazing animals, no wild beasts, no reptiles. Just a few birds.

Upon enquiring with the locals, found out that since here we are exiting winter now here, most of the animal kingdom is still in hibernation. The birds are the first to wake up and come around…