The next day we were up early again to head off to Kata Tjuta, aka the Olgas. Just a few more photos of Uluru follow from the above road.

 Kata Tjuta is just as awe inspiring as Uluru.

We did not do the full Valley of the Winds walk around Kata Tjuta as it was too long a walk for my knee. Mark and I did a shorter version  which took us to the Karu Lookout whilst the others did the whole circuit.

The Karu Lookout is as far as you can walk here.

Looking towards the carpark. It can just be seen in the middle right.

 Next we did the Walpa Gorge walk. Another beautiful walk around through some of the domes.

Once again ,as far as we could go because beyond is a sacred site.

The flower is a type of pussy willow. 

There was still some water sitting on the rocks from a previous rainfall.

On the way back to Yulara, we stopped at a viewing platform to have one last glimpse of Kata Tjuta.

On the left is a desert thryptomene and on theright is a honey grevillea.

This is an upside down plant. The red flowers grow at the bottom of the bush.

The tree in the middle is an immature desert oak and the one on the right is a mature one.

 On the left is a Gibson's Desert Fuchsia.

The pigeons kept us amused with their antics.

Then it was off to Yulara for lunch where we met up with the "gang"

After lunch we headed in to the retail area of Yulara where Mark tried his hand at the didgeridoo.

When we finished tea,we went out to the sunset viewing area in the park. At first there was no sign of the storm to come.

The changing colours of Uluru.

As the sun set, storm clouds started to come over.

 It took a while for us to leave the park as we were treated to a spectacular lightning show over the desert. Soon after we got back to camp an enormous wind came through followed by a drenching downpour.At least we know our tents don't leak. Luckily it didn't last very long and the park had a decent outdoor meals area where we could cook, sit and eat.