Sunrise at Uluru

I guess your expectation is that it is will almost always filled with cloudless skies and sunshine. Well if you expect this then you will be disappointed. On the days when we were there it was actually quite cloudy a lot of the time and so the patience required to get ANY shot of the Rock in sunlight at dawn or dusk is a crap shoot.

Desert Flora

Occasionally after rain there are an abundance of flowers in the desert and their delicate blooms are all designed to attract the pollinating insects and so perpetuate the species.

Ain't nature wonderful?

Central Australia 2

If you ever have the chance to walk around Uluru - otherwise known as Ayers Rock you may be surprised to find sights like this one. Barren sandstone with a pool of what appears to be still and somewhat deep water at the base.

I can only imagine what it must be like to have a life style that requires you to start as far away as possible from the rock when water is more plentiful - so you can gather and hunt for food and then as the water supply becomes scarce further away from more permanent pools to head back towards these sources of water and shelter and strive to survive until the weather changes again.

Central Australia

With the country in a drought that has been going on for a number of years there are still garden spots available in the middle of the desert in Australia - this is merely one of them!

Having recently returned from a trip to the so called 'Dead Heart' of Australia I have to say that I have been left simply breathless not only by the natural beauty that is there, but a sense of admiration for the indigenous people who can live there in a climate where these water holes are the exception rather than the rule.