Did ULURU live up to our expectations? | Free Camp | Yulara | Caravanning Australia | Family Trip

Added: 2026-06-04

[00:00:00][music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> See you Kata Tjuta.

[00:00:49]We're going to go check out the cultural center.

[00:00:52]>> [music] >> Maybe get a very expensive treat.

[00:00:57]We shall see what they've got to offer there.

[00:01:00]But, yeah, we're pretty close [music] to Uluru and it is very impressive.

[00:01:07]So, we're excited [music] to drive around it after.

[00:01:12]Okay, off to the cultural center.

[00:01:15]Go see what they got.

[00:01:31]Definitely worth popping into the cultural center.

[00:01:34]>> [music] >> They had lots of really interesting free displays about the history of the first nations people. It's Yeah, very sad um hearing it especially they had videos from their perspective.

[00:01:48]Pretty much we came and they were owned everything.

[00:01:52]They were very self-sufficient and yeah, living off the land before we came here.

[00:01:58]>> I thought it was quite interesting how they said that when they come they brought their cattle and the cattle ate all the bush tucker food which then they starved pretty much. [music] >> Obviously, the western food and that was very unhealthy and it made a lot of the Aborigines sick with like diabetes and different health issues. [music] So, yeah, definitely worth popping in and having a read and listen to the video.

[00:02:21]So, had lots of different displays and areas. Um we ended up buying [music] I am Uluru which is a family's story. So, it's about well, the family [music] that is from here. So, it'd be interesting to learn more about the area and Uluru is named after the family or if the family is named after Uluru. So, if you know the answer to that, drop a comment.

[00:02:47]>> It's probably in the book.

[00:02:49]>> Otherwise, we'll find out after we read it and I also got my first souvenir.

[00:02:54]>> [laughter] >> A little hat pin. I'm going to pin them I think to our hat hanger in the caravan.

[00:02:59]So, now we're going to go for a drive around Uluru.

[00:03:08]Wow. We're just at the Karinga [music] car park sussing out parking. Lots of parking, hardly anyone here. Probably because of the time of day. I'd say in the morning it's not quite like this.

[00:03:21]But, yeah.

[00:03:22]>> There's a tree just off the top.

[00:03:24]This is the tree.

[00:03:25]>> Cool.

[00:03:27]Oh, yeah, there's a [music] big cave. That'll be cool to get near. So, this is also where the water hole [music] walk goes from. So, definitely be doing that tomorrow.

[00:03:38]That is steep. We're just um trying to figure out where did the walk used to [music] go from when people used to be able to walk it.

[00:03:50]Like the whole thing looks steep. I was expecting a bit more of a gradient.

[00:03:58]Like a gentle slope up one side.

[00:04:01]>> I'm setting the black people again.

[00:04:03]>> Uh sorry. Oh, you can film in this bit.

[00:04:06]>> I can.

[00:04:06]>> So, there's just >> I can actually.

[00:04:08]>> sections of the road that got a yellow line on them where it's culturally significant and you can't take photos or film. So, just to be aware and obviously you can't climb it anymore.

[00:04:20]>> I want to get the shot.

[00:04:21]>> Oh, wow.

[00:04:22]>> [laughter] >> Rob just pulled in, but like hopefully well, we'll be able to see him better when we ride around it tomorrow, but it's pretty crazy like where it's eroded. Just the different textures and that in the stone.

[00:04:38]Are we putting bets on it, babe?

[00:04:39]>> [music] >> I'm saying my guess is at the which car park is this?

[00:04:45]>> I believe it to be true.

[00:04:47]>> I'd say this is Look at that. There's a walking track up there.

[00:04:50]>> [laughter] >> You can see the footprints still.

[00:04:52]>> Here you go. Evidence.

[00:04:55]Is there any people up there?

[00:04:58]>> [laughter] >> Oh, wow. That is still so steep. That's crazy. [music] >> Yeah, that is.

[00:05:03]>> No wonder they had a a chain all the way up.

[00:05:08]I can't >> believe that people did die.

[00:05:11]>> Well, no wonder they died. That's crazy.

[00:05:15]Sorry, this [music] is the start of the Mala walk at the Mala car park. Can anyone confirm? Is that where the walk used to go?

[00:05:24]There's definitely like something.

[00:05:28]>> Yeah, that looks like footsteps.

[00:05:30]>> Yeah, like it looks worn in up there.

[00:05:32]It's definitely that. But, that is so steep.

[00:05:35]>> That's a solid effort.

[00:05:37]>> Yeah.

[00:05:38]>> I probably would have gotten scared.

[00:05:40]>> I would have. Like that looks like you would die. I'm going to have to look up some old photos to see [music] what the track looked like because you'd want to be clipped onto that chain, because if you slip >> I'm pretty sure there has was people who have died doing it, but I don't know the circumstances. I think it might have been >> Yeah, Rob thinks people died [music] of heart attacks doing it, but I'm like, as if people didn't die just falling down that giant [music] cliff.

[00:06:05]We just had a look and the climbing of Uluru was permanently banned October 26th, 2019.

[00:06:14][music] So, yeah, Theo was only 1 year old. I remember a lot of people that we knew like rushed to book tickets to [music] get it in before they shut it.

[00:06:26]>> 37 deaths have been recorded during the climb.

[00:06:30]>> Wow, that is a lot.

[00:06:32]The informal climbing of Uluru began [music] in the 1930s and the chain that they used to climb up was installed in 1964, which obviously was quite controversial, especially for the traditional owners of the land, and then they continued with their requests and it finally ceased [music] the climb in 2019.

[00:07:03]At the information center they had some of the videos and they were saying like the first tourist started [music] kind of flocking out here in 1954 in their old trucks and things and just [music] how hard it was for the local people with the changes with white people law and everything, how it really affected [music] their community.

[00:07:24]So, yeah, there's a lot of history in the area. [music] Some of it is quite sad, but it's definitely, yeah, a beautiful place and we're very lucky that we can still explore it.

[00:07:35]>> Do you think >> So, Rob was just reading about the deaths climbing Uluru, and one of them it mentioned Lindy Lindy Yeah, Lindy Chamberlain. It said that when someone fell off and died, they found I think her name was Azaria or anyway, the baby's jacket that was missing from when the baby went missing that Lindy [clears throat] Chamberlain had said that she was wearing. Anyway, Rob asked so did Lindy Chamberlain die climbing it?

[00:08:14]But she didn't. They found the jacket there of the baby because someone fell off the rock, and when they were searching for the person who fell off the rock climbing it and did they die?

[00:08:26]Or they got injured? Anyway, when they were searching for this person who fell off the rock, they found the baby's jacket. So, we didn't realize, but in the '70s, you could camp right at the base there. So, that's where Lindy Chamberlain was camping when a dingo stole her baby.

[00:08:46]And yeah, back then no one believed that that had happened until they found the jacket. So, yeah, if you don't know about story, look it up.

[00:08:56]But yeah, it's pretty sad to think about.

[00:09:02]Makes me like Doesn't make you feel good thinking about those kind of things. Very sad.

[00:09:17]You see the big rock?

[00:09:18]>> Mhm.

[00:09:19]Not as big as the one on your finger.

[00:09:21]>> [laughter] >> Wow.

[00:09:23]>> Yeah, mate.

[00:09:23]>> You got me another one I don't know about or something.

[00:09:28]Just pulled over to restock the fridge, have we?

[00:09:31]>> [laughter] >> You know what?

[00:09:32]Yes.

[00:09:33]>> Yeah, celebrating. We made it to the Red Centre.

[00:09:38]How's that for iconic? Just pulled up side of the road. Beer is in the fridge at Uluru.

[00:09:54]>> [music] >> Mom, it's dry here.

[00:09:57]>> No.

[00:09:58]>> Why is this Christmas Eve?

[00:10:06]Free souvenirs from the painting activity they had on. It's pretty cool.

[00:10:26]>> [music] >> Well, that was really good.

[00:10:35]>> Was.

[00:10:36]>> Um yeah, the kids enjoyed doing the painting on the way back in town.

[00:10:41]>> Yeah, no, it was pretty fun.

[00:10:43]>> And yeah, it's just been a good day.

[00:10:45]>> Yeah, tired.

[00:10:45]>> Done the walk, checked out Uluru, makes me excited >> [laughter] >> to go see it tomorrow and ride around it.

[00:10:53]>> Personally, I thought Uluru was much more impressive >> It's interesting. Everyone seems to have a different perspective. Like a lot of people we've talked to have really liked Kata Tjuta, but I don't know. We thought like we haven't obviously ridden around it, but driving around Uluru, we thought it's pretty impressive and I don't know.

[00:11:13]It's so iconic. So yeah, I'm pretty excited to see Uluru.

[00:11:20]>> I thought the mini camel and tour was good, too.

[00:11:23]>> Yeah, definitely interesting and all the history of the area.

[00:11:28]Um yeah, I don't know. The Kata Tjuta Valley of the Winds walk >> You do it. Oh, no.

[00:11:34]>> But yeah, I think just go the second lookout. Like that was impressive.

[00:11:37]>> Yeah.

[00:11:38]>> Um going to the second lookout, yeah, was pretty good.

[00:11:41]>> The rest is not worth it.

[00:11:42]>> Yeah, though we passed people who said it was worth it. So again, it's up to you.

[00:11:47]What you decide. But yeah, if you've done Kata Tjuta and Uluru, let us know in the comments which one was your favorite. I'd be really interested to know what the opinions are.

[00:11:58]Reward for um surviving the Valley of the Winds walk today at Kata Tjuta.

[00:12:04]Yep.

[00:12:05]Ding.

[00:12:08]Ding.

[00:12:09]>> Mom, why is that on?

[00:12:10]>> Actually, if anyone's looking for cheap ice creams for their freezer, these Coles ones you get a 10 pack for $3.50 and they're actually really good.

[00:12:18]They're chocolate-coated with nuts and they're strawberry or chocolate inside.

[00:12:25]So we've all had our early dinner / bought some food for [music] the road.

[00:12:30]And we're going to go check out another lookout to watch the sunset of Uluru. So this one was a local tip.

[00:12:41]We've um already seen two two lookouts for sunset, so >> [music] >> this will be our third one.

[00:12:49]And it's near the camel farm, so it's only 5 minutes away. So not too [music] far, but just give us a different perspective.

[00:13:01]You should have followed [music] Google.

[00:13:03]Don't follow the camel signs cuz it takes you to a private camel tours camp.

[00:13:09]Um we're going to go back around.

[00:13:10]Hopefully we have more luck accessing it from the highway.

[00:13:14]So we just pulled up on the side of the road and there's a track through there, so hopefully [music] this is it.

[00:13:25]>> [music] >> Wow, that is stunning.

[00:13:29]Oh, wow. There's big rock.

[00:13:50]Oh, well. That was a beautiful spot.

[00:13:54]And yeah, it was really quiet other than a school group came up at the end from the book.

[00:14:01]From the camel camp. Yep.

[00:14:05]So, yeah. If you want a spot and don't want to drive all the way in to the ones closer to Uluru in the park.

[00:14:14]Um that one's [music] only 5 minutes out of town. And yeah, the view was amazing.

[00:14:21]Definitely worth the visit. Hey, Rob.

[00:14:24]Yeah.

[00:14:26]Best tip in town, I think.

[00:14:27]>> Yeah, it was beautiful.

[00:14:29]>> Like >> Still is.

[00:14:30]>> Yeah, the colors were super lucky, weren't we, babe?

[00:14:33]>> Yeah.

[00:14:34]>> We got a stellar night. Like all the patterns of the clouds and everything.

[00:14:39]Very beautiful.

[00:14:47]I'm saying you can tell the sunset's over. Peek out on the highway.

[00:14:51]Literally, there were no cars before.

[00:14:53]Now there's like 100 cars going past.

[00:14:58]Good morning, everyone. We're just packing up to leave Ayers Rock campground so that we can go ride around Uluru this morning.

[00:15:07]Um the kids have been redback spider spotting in the toilets.

[00:15:13]So, if you're staying at these campgrounds, just keep an eye out there.

[00:15:17]It's definitely kept them entertained when they visit the bathrooms. Rob found a really big [music] one. um but we've seen yet quite a few little ones around in the corners, so keep an eye out. And yeah, just trying to get away earlier to beat the heat today, but what's the time?

[00:15:34]>> [music] >> It's like 8:00, so yeah, don't know if um we ever really get away early, but we try.

[00:15:45]Excited for today, babe?

[00:15:46]>> Yeah.

[00:15:48]>> I don't know.

[00:15:50]>> I don't know.

[00:15:50]>> Ah, ah, the ride way, ah, I don't know, babe.

[00:15:53]Where our day's going to end up.

[00:15:55]>> Yeah.

[00:15:56]Where uh as we said, off to ride Uluru, and then destination unknown.

[00:16:04]We're going to look for a free camp on the way out, so haven't looked that far ahead yet.

[00:16:11]>> [laughter] >> Start looking on the drive.

[00:16:14]So, we're just going back into the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Park. Uh we've got our entry from yesterday. It's valid for 3 days, so we're just going into the left side this time. We scan our QR code, and the gates will open and let us through.

[00:16:30]Hopefully.

[00:16:37]How's it paid? There's always one, isn't there?

[00:16:40]>> Huh?

[00:16:41]>> I did not know that.

[00:16:43]Walkers go in one direction, and pedestrians [music] go the other, so you don't have a collision.

[00:16:49]>> Sounds like a good idea.

[00:16:50]>> Yeah, I know, that is a good idea. Makes sense, then you can just [music] see each other coming, you're not sneaking up on unsuspecting pedestrians.

[00:16:59]>> Still haven't had my haircut, either.

[00:17:01]>> Oh, yeah, we might have haircuts on the menu uh this arvo, too. Busy day.

[00:17:05]>> That's a [laughter] long day.

[00:17:06]>> Lot happening.

[00:17:09]What do you reckon, babe? Mullet?

[00:17:11]>> No.

[00:17:12]>> Come on. We're getting enough comments, we give Rob a mullet.

[00:17:15]>> [laughter] >> Mhm.

[00:17:19]>> The Rob shower, we have a bet we cut in new Mala.

[00:17:22]>> [laughter] >> Well, we'd we'd have to hit a million to do that.

[00:17:27]>> Here you go, P. 1 million.

[00:17:37]>> So, we just pulled over to get the iconic shot of of Uluru before we go ride around it. So, just going to cross the road.

[00:17:50]>> [laughter] >> Got to get the van shot in.

[00:17:53]>> That's so dirty. I feel ashamed.

[00:17:54]>> Oh, look at that. Beautiful, babe.

[00:17:58]We were just saying like it is pretty amazing when you get out here and see it.

[00:18:03]Photos just don't do it justice.

[00:18:06]Do yourself a favor and come out and visit the Red Centre. We've loved it out here.

[00:18:14]The big rig and the big rock.

[00:18:18]Hey, Baba has seen some pretty cool places.

[00:18:30]What's the saying for Australia? Where the bloody hell are you?

[00:18:34]>> [laughter] >> So, we just pull pulling into the [music] Mala walk car park.

[00:18:42]Hey, you got a coffee?

[00:18:49]How cool is this parking cabin at the big rock?

[00:18:54]Make sure you don't hit a bollard.

[00:18:58]Yeah, you got lots of room. You can keep going back.

[00:19:02]Yeah, you're just above them.

[00:19:05]That's Stop there. Stop there. People need to walk around. Yeah, that's fine.

[00:19:10]Okay, got the bikes all ready.

[00:19:13]Now we got to see where this track starts. Found it.

[00:19:17]>> [gasps] >> There's the sign that shows the walk and that it was permanently closed in 2019.

[00:19:24]Straight up. Oh, riders go in a anti-clockwise [music] direction. So, we are off.

[00:19:33]There's some few patches of soft sand, so you just have to be careful you don't skid out. How it's washed out up there is really cool. Looks like honeycomb.

[00:19:45]>> [music] >> I'm way I'm going back home.

[00:19:50]I'll go get down.

[00:20:01]>> So, it just says they camped at the water hole, >> [music] >> got bush tucker.

[00:20:06]And this is a native fig that they could eat. And look, there's a little cave in there that they could hide in. That's pretty cool. Wow, goes all the way through.

[00:20:15]It's hard to see in this light, but this is the other side of the cave.

[00:20:19]And there's paintings [music] in here.

[00:20:21]Where are the paintings? Oh, yeah. You can see them just here.

[00:20:25]>> [music] >> Wow.

[00:20:26]That's so cool.

[00:20:28]One of them looks like a kangaroo or wallaby, maybe.

[00:20:34]Oh, so they hunted [music] at this water hole because this is where the animals would congregate cuz it was the main source of water.

[00:20:40]Yeah.

[00:20:42]Oh my gosh, this is beautiful through here. Like, we have just been so amazed by Uluru.

[00:20:49]It's stunning. Just everything about it.

[00:20:55]This was not expecting like all of these dense spots of vegetation around the base.

[00:21:00]They're like little oases and it's so cool in them. Like, the temperature just drops by 10 degrees.

[00:21:12]There's a love heart up there. Can you see it?

[00:21:29]So, this is the Kata Tjuta National >> [music] >> Park. Julie Luke water hole.

[00:21:37]It would have [music] been amazing when this was flowing like a month ago just to see the water cascade through [music] here, but it's still such a beautiful spot.

[00:21:49]So, the first [music] nation's story for this tells about the spirit [music] combining and they became the water snake that lives here.

[00:21:59]Pretty cool. They've got lots of information signs everywhere and tells you different dream [music] time stories and also about how the first nations people survived out here. Pretty impressive what they could do to live off the land for for that the oldest surviving people.

[00:22:18]So, very [music] amazing.

[00:22:29]So, the rangers said this is Ikari cuz it looks like a giant smile.

[00:22:35]>> The angel fire.

[00:22:36]>> Yeah.

[00:22:44]We've just um stopped for lunch here.

[00:22:46]We're 1 and 1/2 hours in. This side of the track is definitely easier. [music] We're on the home stretch. Um we're on the side away from the cultural center.

[00:22:55]So, yeah, it's a lot flatter here.

[00:22:58]Um the other side had soft sand, so it was more [music] scenic, but it's good to do this on the home stretch because, yeah, it's easier for the kids. So, yeah.

[00:23:07]How nice is this?

[00:23:13]We're getting left behind. The others are off. Ari said, "Let's go." But, how good is that? We'll catch up to them.

[00:23:21]>> [laughter] >> How's that for scenery?

[00:23:25]Doesn't get much better than that. A bike ride around Uluru.

[00:23:31]What do you reckon, Ariya?

[00:23:32]Good scenery?

[00:23:35]So, yeah, the other side is nice and close up to the rock, so you get different perspectives, whereas this one you get the whole big view of the rock.

[00:24:05]Yep.

[00:24:06]Good job.

[00:24:10]Flies are starting to get thick, but we can see the caravan, so not long to go.

[00:24:16]Yay.

[00:24:17]Ugh, they're like in my eyes. Driving me nuts.

[00:24:23]Ugh, it was bound to happen.

[00:24:26]Thought I think I just swallowed my first fly.

[00:24:29]>> [laughter] >> Sorry, girls, but, wow.

[00:24:34]Look who's over here.

[00:24:42]Going in to do the caves. The kids are pretty tired, so we're like two two hours 15 in.

[00:24:51]So, we're pretty much back at the car park, but this is just a bit of a detour to walk at the end, so Rubs just ran in, and a look. And yeah, it's no bikes. Just through to the cave. So, go have a look.

[00:25:07]Theo's decided to join.

[00:25:10]The girls, yeah. Eva's getting a sore bottom. She's not used to sitting on a bike for a couple hours.

[00:25:16]And yeah.

[00:25:19]Aris just worn out. So, see how it looks in here. It's pretty pretty impressive.

[00:25:28]The colors in [music] here are so pretty. I was just saying to Theo, it's got like the contrast. It kind of looks purpley with [music] the shadow.

[00:25:43]So, there's water right here as well.

[00:25:44]That's called Kaffir. I was not [music] expecting water.

[00:25:50]So, you can see the water level from the most recent [music] rain.

[00:25:55]That'd be really cool to see.

[00:25:57]And yeah.

[00:25:58]It is very high, doesn't it?

[00:26:01]I'm glad we made the little detour.

[00:26:06]Pretty cool. When you look through >> [music] >> the gaps in the distance, you can see Kata Tjuta as well.

[00:26:12]So, it just shows >> [music] >> how massive these rocks are.

[00:26:19]This formation [music] here reminds me of when we walked through the Devil's Marbles or just relax up there.

[00:26:27]Pretty [music] crazy. This is This is probably fallen off somewhere from up there.

[00:26:36]Someone's coming out the cave. [music] Hello.

[00:26:41]How cool is that?

[00:26:46]This is the kitchen cave where girls, women, and small children would camp here. I was going to say, this is where I would be camping. Good spot.

[00:26:54]How do they know that side's unstable, but this side's not?

[00:26:59]>> [laughter] >> Oh.

[00:27:05]Oh, yeah. That's impressive.

[00:27:10]Footprints, yeah. Can you see them?

[00:27:12]Just there.

[00:27:16]Okay, back on our bike. That was a good stop to pack it up. And now we're not far, but the kids are just pretty wrecked.

[00:27:25]Woohoo! We made it!

[00:27:34]Yep, we made it all the way around Uluru.

[00:27:40]Hey, hooray! We saw the whole thing.

[00:27:43]What did you reckon?

[00:27:45]Can you sing me your song?

[00:27:48]>> Ding dong bell, ding dong ding.

[00:27:52]All the happy children sing.

[00:27:55]>> Yeah. [laughter] We got read at Uluru. That's [music] our story for this trip, isn't it? And we're back. Home sweet home. Yay!

[00:28:08]>> Pretty easy one.

[00:28:08]>> Okay, I should probably mention I didn't even say the track's about 10 K's to ride around the whole thing. So, yeah.

[00:28:16]Eva is five, rode the whole thing in 2 and 1/2 hours. And yeah, we stopped, we had lunch, and we checked out all the little side details.

[00:28:25]So glad to tick this one off the bucket list. Definitely worth the trip out here.

[00:28:30]Ding.

[00:28:31]>> [laughter] >> It's a pity you can't camp and camp in the parks anymore. It just would be a lot easier. Just had lunch, kids are happily playing.

[00:28:42]Uh we just yeah, if you could, it would be good to spend an extra night here to have the three nights so that you can do Kata Tjuta one day and Uluru the next, but as we said with the price of petrol, it's just costing a lot more than we were hoping, so we're going to head off to a free camp near Garn, I think, just so that we get a few k's up the road so that we don't have to drive as far the next day.

[00:29:12]Hello.

[00:29:13]See you, Uluru.

[00:29:15]>> See you, bye, Mike.

[00:29:16]>> See you, bye.

[00:29:18]See you till next time. He was just saying his favorite section was where the water hole is.

[00:29:25]Yeah, so the other walk, there's a car park there as well.

[00:29:30]So if you do only going to do one bit, that would be his pick.

[00:29:35]I probably agree.

[00:29:37]It was um really pretty in there and a bit of a oasis.

[00:29:41]Bit of greenery [music] in that. It's also really interesting seeing the caves. Actually, that's what I forgot to mention. Tip for you for Yulara, if you have little kids and can't make it out to the Field of Lights display, you can actually see it from some of the lookouts.

[00:29:59]Just um a quick stop on the highway.

[00:30:02]Just going to have a quick look at Mount Connor.

[00:30:06]Pretty impressive.

[00:30:08]Cool.

[00:30:10]So we've got Mount Connor out this way.

[00:30:13]And then out [music] this way, we've got a big salt lake.

[00:30:19]It doesn't really do it justice, but yeah, there's a lot of them out here.

[00:30:22]And yeah, there's a bit of water in it.

[00:30:25]Very impressive.

[00:30:27]So you can see there's um some lizard tracks through here. You can see the tail drag and then the footprints and then not sure what these other little ones are, but yeah, pretty cool that wildlife has come all the way through here.

[00:30:42]All the wildlife out here in the sand dunes. It's nice to see.

[00:30:47]And back down to the caravan.

[00:30:50]Next stop hopefully is our free camp.

[00:30:52]Flies are bad. Hopefully they'll drop off our camp.

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[00:31:07]>> We might be able to stay at a couple of places.

[00:31:13]>> [music] >> Oh well, we got company.

[00:31:22]Not just us free camping tonight.

[00:31:26]And there's lots of spots to pull up here. So this is just the Desert Oaks Rest Area near Garn.

[00:31:35]So where you [music] going babe?

[00:31:37]>> I don't know. I can't see.

[00:31:38]>> [laughter] >> The um angle of the sun at the moment isn't the best.

[00:31:44]>> [laughter] >> And you know this is very suss enough.

[00:31:47]Oh there's someone pulled up in a van too.

[00:31:49]They literally like they've just [music] gone for a bit of a walk. Have a look in the bush to see if there's a bit of a look out back there.

[00:31:57]And oh my just stopped walking and he's just like fully watching us. Even though we've got a caravan like obviously we're coming here to park not to rub the rubber.

[00:32:09]What do you reckon?

[00:32:13]Oh there's no amount of toilet paper here. Sorry. The kids were excited they thought we were going to a gravel pit they could climb up but there's no gravel at this one. It's a proper rest stop. There's bins and toilets.

[00:32:26]And tables and chairs. Very civilized.

[00:32:30]And yes lots of red dirt.

[00:32:32]>> [sighs] >> Oh we made it.

[00:32:36]Home sweet home for the night.

[00:32:42]>> Don't step on them.

[00:32:43]>> On your bum. Hey, pretty nice view.

[00:32:48]>> Can I go on the back now?

[00:32:49]>> Yeah.

[00:32:50]>> [music] [music] >> Well, we're just about to relieve the Desert Oak rest area. It's a good stop for the night. Plenty of room. Only a few others around. Traffic noise wasn't too bad.

[00:33:11]The only thing is the flies have started to pick up, [music] but that seems to be everywhere, doesn't it, babe?

[00:33:16]So, we are heading off to Alice.

[00:33:21]And just going to do a click and collect.

[00:33:24]Oh, put them in the car.

[00:33:26]>> [laughter] [gasps] >> Uh just got to get the keys, lock up the van, and we're off.

[00:33:36]>> Everything needs a wash, hey? Just I can't handle [gasps] things just being dirty. It just does me in.

[00:33:41]>> But, from what we've read, hopefully Aileron has free washing machine, so there'll be bulk washing going on.

[00:33:46]>> And some grass to park the van on, so I can just get the red dirt out of it and start filling it up again.

[00:33:52]>> We're leaving the red center, so hopefully slightly less dirt. I don't know.

[00:33:58]>> It's going to happen. Alice just had riots last night.

[00:34:01]>> Yeah, it's not not the best time to be heading into Alice. So, writing at the moment pretty horrible what's happened there.

[00:34:09]Um so, yeah. Hopefully a quick stop through just to get our supplies [music] before we head off to Aileron station.

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[00:34:28]>> Thanks for watching.

[00:34:30]>> Yeah, don't go like that. get