Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Originally we were supposed to fly to Melbourne today, but Jetstar changed our flight to Wednesday. Not much we could do about it!
I signed up for a dot painting class and I really enjoyed it. Alice was my teacher. She sat crossed legged on the ground and demonstrated some of the Aboriginal symbols commonly used. The English woman in charge of the class translated for Alice. I was exhausted from the day before, and it was a nice break to just sit and paint.

After lunch in the village cafe we went swimming in the hotel pool. They must refrigerate the water somehow. It was brisk swimming!

In the late afternoon, I think around 3:30pm we were picked up for an excursion to the rock, Uluru. We had paid for the national park entrance separately.

We drove around to the back side of Uluru, the sacred side where no photographs are allowed. The rock walls are pitted with holes and caves. On the sacred side there was a huge series of cracks, holes, crevasses, and caves in the shape of a human skull. The height was half the height of Uluru, so it was huge.
We stopped and walked to the waterhole, then stopped for wine and cheese while the sunset behind the thick clouds, a non event.