This morning we did the Valley of the Winds walk – an easy 7km round walk at Kata Tjuta.
I love how the rocks and vegetation blend so perfectly.
In the local language, Kata Tjuta means many heads – and there are 36 domes here.
The rock formations here aren’t the same as Uluru as they are a conglomerate rather than one big sandstone.
It’s been raining recently, although this walk was reasonably hot, and the new leaves and flowers were showing. Fortunately we also got the promised breeze in all the high spots.
I spotted some zebra finches (no photo – sorry) which are very pretty.
Kata Tjuta is also a sacred place for the aboriginal people – but it is a sacred place only for men, so the direct road from Uluru (50km away) was redirected after the Anangu were given back their land into a wide loop through the dunes. This was to make it more difficult for Anangu women to see the domes. As a Western woman they don’t mind me going. However we must, of course, stick to the tracks & not climb.
There is a lovely view across the plain for miles and miles towards Western Australia.
Just as at Uluru there are creation stories about Kata Tjuta (pronounced Kata Chewta) but no one is allowed to know them (apart from Anangu men).
Back at the hotel this monitor lizard stuck his tongue out at me:
Well thank you for doing this for us and letting us see the flowers and glorious colours.