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G’day, all!  I just recently left Uluru in the outback of Australia and what a magical place that is.  Uluru is also known as Ayers Rock and it’s a sacred place for the Aboriginal people.  It’s the world’s largest smooth-skinned monolith.  Even more fascinating, only a small fraction of Uluru is above ground.  It extends for another 3 miles below the surface.  Our guide had a great analogy.  Imagine a water bottle.  The cap is Uluru and the rest of the bottle is Uluru below the ground.  CRAZY!  Here is a shot of Uluru at sunrise.  I love this picture. CLICK ON IT TO MAKE IT BIGGER.

Here is a close up of Uluru at sunset the day before.  You can really see the patterns in the rock.

If you tour Uluru you are bound to see some cave art from the aborigines people.  This picture below is believed to have been drawn about a one thousand years ago.  And it’s still standing.  Don’t ask me what it means, please.  LOL

Last, but not least, thanks to a recommendation from Ji Suk Yi, I attended the SOUNDS OF SILENCE dinner at Uluru.  It’s champagne during sunset, a candlelit dinner while you chat with the people at your table and then the candles are blown out and every one star gazes.  My photo below (click on it to make it bigger) doesn’t even come close to comprehending what we saw in the sky that night.  I could see the Milky Way galaxy.  I could see gas clouds in outer space.  I could see stars that I didn’t even know existed.  I saw at least three shooting stars.  I saw satellites orbiting the planet.  The sky was so amazingly clear.  Our guides said we were there on a great night and I feel blessed to have been able to experience that.  So look at the picture below, multiply it by a thousand or even ten thousand and you won’t come close to what we saw.  I wish I had my tripod b/c I would have been able to take better shots of the stars.  Live and learn.

A few more pics on the ULURU page, so check it out.  Off to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef.