THIRTYEIGHTH DAY – SUNDAY 15TH AUGUST
Graeme made a lovely breaky of eggs, bacon, mushies and tomato – yum. We packed up camp and headed south to look at the Henbury Meteorite Craters. The road said ‘no caravans’ but we sailed on down the dirt road. It was actually a really nice dirt/gravel road and not many corrugations at all – if there were, they were only little ones. We had nearly arrived at the craters when ‘CRASH’ something broke in the back of the van. It was very loud we had quick look back but wasn’t sure what it was so we continued for about 300 mts to the craters and took stock. Well we weren’t sure what to expect and as we realized what had happened we thought ‘bugger!’ The light fitting cover screw had come loose which then released the glass cover which broke into hundreds of pieces on the floor. It is an old fitting so probably won’t be able to replace it – oops. We cleaned it all up then went for a walk to the craters. They were big dents in the ground made by several meteors thousands of years ago. One hole in particular is popular with the birds as it can hold water so there are some very nice trees and shrubs growing in it and of course water. There were some rock sculptures made by some people so Graeme decided to create an artwork of his own with the rocks laying around. We then headed back to the main road south and came across a few wedgetailed eagles eating some road kill. We snuck up on them with the van and one just stayed there only a couple of meters from the van. We watched for awhile and it was amazing – they are such big, majestic creatures. He just looked at us and Graeme tried to get closer – which we did before he flew off to his mates only about 15 mts away. We then continued south and stopped at Eridunda which is at the corner of the road leading west to Uluru. We had a bit of a break, filled up the fuel, had a snack, checked out the art work and then off we travelled west towards Uluru. We only needed to be there tomorrow so we found a campsite in a wayside stop. This one is pretty good with some big trees, grasses, water tanks and a bit off the road and no ouchies, just nice orange sand. We set up camp then went for a wander into the scrub and found some wood for our fire. We also walked up a small hill from which we could view Mount Conner which is quite an impressive mountain. It could even stooge some people into thinking it was Uluru. We also notice lots and lots of little foot prints of all kinds through the orange sand dunes. They are my new favourite thing – it is fun to try and figure out what animal made them. We then sat and relaxed for awhile. I then put on our roast lamb and vegies in the oven to cook and we went back up the little orange hill to view the sunset. It was a beautiful sunset due to the fact there were some nice clouds. Mount Conner became purple with purple and pink clouds above it. Graeme made a very impressive fire with the wood we collected and it gives out a lot of heat which is nice since it’s got pretty chilly. I think we might even cook some more marshmallows on the fire tonight.