Today we went back to Ayres Rock to walk around the rock. It took us three hours to walk around, it was a 10km walk. Jesse and Emily are doing a great job doing all this walking. They both really enjoy the walks and never complain. About half of the rock there were signs stating that it is a sacred area and not to take photos. Which I think is ridiculous but that is another story.
The walk around the rock was not as nice as the walk at the Olgas as the Rock walk was fenced off you could not get close to it at some parts. They even had us walking on the side of the road because it was a sacred area. Who knows why it is sacred, it did not say why it just said it was.
You have to pay now to go to Ayres Rock or the Olgas now as it is a national park. They charge you $25 per adult which gives you a three day pass which they make $8.2million a year from. We went into the cultural centre and that was so expensive. It seems that they cater for all the international tourists.
It is very busy here and seems to be very commercialised these days.
I was here years ago with my parents when there was no resort and we camped in tents at Ayres Rock and you did not have to pay.
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