Uluru day 3 Friday 8th July 2011

 As we had seen the sunrise over Uluru yesterday, we decided that the Rock was quite capable of doing it again without our supervision. We had a sleep-in, had breaky, packed up camp and headed to Uluru at a more reasonable hour. We were able to go on a ranger guided walk called the Mala walk. The Mala ( Rufus Hair Wallaby ) people were one of the many families to whom Uluru is an important cultural site. The Mala used the Rock as a virtual history book that they used to teach the younger members of their family their history, laws, morals, and beliefs. We saw the areas where the men and women, boys and girls would stay. There was rock art and the ranger told us what stories he was allowed to. The walk took us along the base of the Rock to one of the many semi- permeant waterholes that can be found around Uluru. We came away from the walk with a better understanding of how Uluru provided so many things to the Anangu ( people) who lived there. As we were short of time we drove around to the other side of Uluru where we went to another waterhole where we had lunch. After another visit to the cultural center where we reinforced what we had experienced, our time at Uluru was done and King's Canyon beckoned and it was there we headed next.