Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Once again we were up early for a 5:00 pick up by motor coach at a neighboring hotel.
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Field of Light (2016, by Bruce Munro) is a
site-specific solar-powered installation using light on a
monumental scale featuring 50,000 color-changing
glowing spheres on fiber optic stems (KSS) |
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We had time to walk among the lights,
which cover seven football fields |
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Our guide used two cameras (one as a spotlight)
to take our photo (thank you, Alex!) |
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| The lights were constantly changing color |
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Coffee, tea and hot chocolate were provided,
with biscuits/cookies |
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| We waited for the sun to rise over the Field of Light... (KSS) |
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| ...and over Uluṟu |
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We turned around to zoom in on the sun
lighting up Kata Tjuṯa, the third of the monoliths |
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| Here comes the sun |
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| Kent and Tamiko with Uluṟu |
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Eremophila gibsonii/a type of figwort (KSS)
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We returned to the Lost Camel hotel to check out.
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Phantom power (where devices consume electricity when
still plugged in, but are turned "off") is prevented by
these electrical outlets that can be turned off... |
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| ...and on, individually |
Ayers Rock Resort in Yulara has a free shuttle bus, so we took a ride.
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Stopped at the Uluṟu Camel Farm (est 1998),
the largest camel farm in Australia;
we did not come to ride a camel... |
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| Austin A40 Devon (1947-1952) (KSS) |
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| Mural inside the visitor centre (KSS) |
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| Old Tom's Waterhole (KSS) |
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Photos scattered around the farm told the
history of camel use in Australia (KSS) |
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| Camel at the trough |
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| Camel already saddled up |
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| Capra aegagrus hircus/Boer Goat (KSS) |
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| Face off with a Boer goat (KSS) |
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| Noisy Cacatua leadbeateri/Pink Cockatoos |
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| Osphranter rufus/Red Kangaroo |
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| Perhaps Bos (primigenius) taurus/Beef Shorthorn |
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| The Saddlery |
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Washroom Jilleroos and Jackeroos, but according to
the international signs, either can use any washroom (KSS) |
Back at Ayers Rock Resort shops:
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| Mingkiri Arts Gallery: Tote with kangaroos |
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| Mingkiri Arts Gallery: The Journey Blue Placemats |
Next: 2-day Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park I.
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