Kata Tjuṯa is sacred to Aṉangu men. Our people have always shown respect when visiting this special place. They would camp a short distance away and walk in quietly. They would not swim in the waterholes.
Women entered this area to collect food and water but always behaved appropriately.
It is the same now. It is the same for you.
Hold in your heart the knowledge that this is a special place.
Walk quietly, tread lightly. Stay on the track.
Enjoy this place as it is.
After our exertions of the previous two days, we opted for much easier walking on Day 4 (while Mr Dog visited a friend).
Walpa Gorge was an easier, one-hour walk. There was more stunning scenery and such interesting facts about the local flora and fauna.
Once back at camp we had a small antipasto platter to celebrate the end of our third week away and all the awesome we’d experienced till that point.
Nick played his guitar and galahs sat in the small tree above, dropping seed pods down! We weren't sure if they were impressed by his singing or trying to shut him up!
We caught up on some general missions. I did some washing and Nick tidied his Pepsi Max stash. Some of the cans hadn't fared well over all the bumpy roads and there were casualties.
We'd only booked three days of dog-minding - and felt we could take turns doing some of the closer exploring, as well as attending a few of the free cultural presentations.
