{"id":1117,"date":"2018-11-07T04:14:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T04:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2018-11-07T05:08:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T05:08:41","slug":"kata-tjuta-domes-and-valleys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/2018\/11\/07\/kata-tjuta-domes-and-valleys\/","title":{"rendered":"Kata Tjuta &#8211; domes and valleys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T103406GMT0930-1536x535.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"535\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This morning we did the Valley of the Winds walk &#8211; an easy 7km round walk at Kata Tjuta.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nI love how the rocks and vegetation blend so perfectly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T074336GMT0930-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T080744GMT0930-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T093059GMT0930-1152x1536.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the local language, Kata Tjuta means many heads &#8211; and there are 36 domes here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T085539GMT0930-1536x472.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"472\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T083228GMT0930-1237x1536.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1237\" height=\"1536\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"NT \/ Australia - 11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T082235GMT0930-1152x1536.jpg\" alt=\"NT \/ Australia - 11\/6\/18\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"NT \/ Australia - 11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T094017GMT0930-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"NT \/ Australia - 11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rock formations here aren\u2019t the same as Uluru as they are a conglomerate rather than one big sandstone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T082714GMT0930-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T094752GMT0930-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T092355GMT0930-1536x1151.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1151\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T073745GMT0930-1536x1151.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1151\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T092655GMT0930.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1517\" height=\"1137\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I spotted some zebra finches (no photo &#8211; sorry) which are very pretty.<\/p>\n<p>Kata Tjuta is also a sacred place for the aboriginal people &#8211; 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\u2019t mind me going. However we must, of course, stick to the tracks &amp; not climb.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T092443GMT0930-1536x1087.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1087\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is a lovely view across the plain for miles and miles towards Western Australia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T091713GMT0930-1536x994.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"994\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"NT \/ Australia - 11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T083644GMT0930-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"NT \/ Australia - 11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T091204GMT0930-1536x950.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"950\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T103508GMT0930-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back at the hotel this monitor lizard stuck his tongue out at me:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/6\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181106T135403GMT0930-1536x893.jpg\" alt=\"11\/6\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"893\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning we did the Valley of the Winds walk &#8211; an easy 7km round walk at Kata Tjuta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1121,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions\/1121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}