Back to normality with an alarm call at 8. We had booked the buffet breakfast and headed down there at 8.30.

We had planned an extremely chilled morning which consisted of laying in the sun by the swimming pool, something we hadn’t done so far on this trip. 

At 10 we were the first ones at the pool and settled in for a relax. After a swim and a read we headed back to the room at 12, as we were beginning to sizzle and not being able to stand the flies anymore. 

At 2.30 we had a walking tour booked. The guide collected 10 of us and drove the 45 minutes to Kata Tjuta, another huge rock formation, this time consisting of 36 sacred rock domes for a walk down Walpa Gorge between 2 of the domes. 

The temperature was just over 30, it was only a short walk, under 2 miles, but it had a total elevation gain of almost a 1,000ft. Kata Tjuta actually stands taller than Uluru at 546 metres.

The guide was very informative and explained that both this site and Uluru are actually land icebergs where only 10% of their mass is actually on show with the remainder underground. 

Once the walk was over we convinced the guide to drive us to a viewpoint of Kata Tjuta and Uluru so we could take a few more pictures.

We were dropped back to the hotel at 5.45 and after a quick freshen up, headed out to the viewpoint on site to see the sunsetting for a final time on Uluru. It was a beautiful sunset.

Dinner was booked in the Sails of the Desert Hotel. As we were a little early we sat in the bar with a drink first then headed into the restaurant. It actually was a lovely setting and the buffet was outstanding. I finally tried my first oyster, I won’t say my last but it was very salty. We then tucked into more Kangaroo, Emu and Wallaby shanks to name a few. 

After feeling suitably full we headed back to the room, drunk our final cans of beer and went to bed.