Kata Tjuta

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After our busy morning at Uluru, we went back to the resort for lunch and then boarded a bus going back into the park in order to see the other huge outcropping, Kata Tjuta.  While Uluru is a monolith with a single form rising from the plain, Kata Tjuta means "many heads" and has seven or nine humps, and covers an area ten times the size of Uluru.  White Australians don't know very much about the sacred nature of Kata Tjuta or even whether that is because it is less sacred or so sacred that the aboriginal people have simply kept their secrets to themselves.  What everyone who sees it does know is that Kata Tjuta is impressive and beautiful. 

We drove to a place where we could photograph Kata Tjuta from a distance.

This is the rocky path that led through the Walpa Gorge (Valley of the Winds) between two peaks.  we walked between the two huge outcroppings.  The path was more uneven than it looks here and required a fair amount of vigilance to keep from falling.  

See the little people?  This is a majestic place and well worth the walk.

We walked about 90% of the trail but turned back after hearing from people who were returning that it became more rugged and narrower, but was basically more of the same.   By this time we had come to a place where a pretty stream was running and had formed a pool that seemed like a sanctuary of sorts.  Nice place to call it a day and turn around. 

Not much of a steam, but that made it special.

Kata Tjuta is truly beautiful, and added a new dimension to our visit to Ayres Rock and the Uluru-Kata Tjuta national park.