Story teller, writer, Frank Clune, wrote of a group of prospectors who gathered at Uluru in 1940 getting there by motoring along in wheel tracks and then changing to camel train.
 He said of the rock 'the natives name it Oolera' and  'it has power to throw its magic spell on the beholder and 'no man could feel egotistical as he stands in its mighty shadow'.
   He felt the lure of Centralia and its immense solitude and peace.   He climbed the rock as a matter of course attended by 'the native tribe'. Luritchas. The group camped in the shadow of Uluru and even cleared an area for a plane to land.
Later, were busier times in 1944 when military operations were set up in Alice Springs to defend northern Australia and General MacArthur looked in.

Currently, Stan Grant, journalist and more, of Aboriginal heritage, has drawn attention to the truths of our shared history and developments.

The same for the anniversary of the visit of Pope John Paul 11 who, surprisingly, visited Alice Springs to address the indigenous people and tried and say it like it is. 29th November 1986.
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SBS TV has a doco beginning on Tuesday 29th Nov,  venturing into the indigenous world and it is sure to be confronting and stirring.

In the country, a path with markers of a tragedy, to walk, to ponder on the Wirrayaraay people who were murdered on the slopes of this ridge ....1838.....Myall Creek ....
 The memorial is near Bingara NSW. 

 Young tour group who spoke a language other than English awaiting the next move and taking shelter in a rustic lean-to suitable for picnic or barbeque close to a novel information centre
All the amenities are designed low key and largely invisible in the overall landscape.  That idea was appealing about the village of Yulara, no features were over the top.    

The old and fragile semi-arid regions of central Australia have a wealth of vegetation.
Trees shrubs grasses and flowers are there and are terrific. 
 At present, some green pastures, so to speak, are a feature and expanses with floral ground cover are often seen.  All very unexpected.
All new and nothing like the landscape of our eastern coast.

A nook at Uluru with water and vegetation from a rock overhang with Aboriginal paintings.

 The readable book and film Tracks by R Davidson has insight into camels and tells of an epic walk in central Australia

Leader of the pack nods off awaiting the evening trek

Uluru has a number of meanings.  It is also ominous and alien.

Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park by night

Approaching sustainability in the 'red heart'.  Powering up Yulara village where tourists gather to visit nearby Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park

Road Trip