Uluru - by helicopter

Wow! What an amazing day.  We started it off with going to the theatre to watch an aboriginal play called the Eagle, Crow and Cockatoo.  I enjoyed watching the act, it was set out well and it made me understand the story.  

After that we did the most exciting thing of the day.  We went out to go on a helicopter flight over Uluru.  We got picked up by a mini bus and drove to the 6 seater helicopter called Lima.  We got told all the rules and safety things that we needed to know and then we hopped into the helicopter.  Kade hopped in the front with the pilot and mum, dad, 2 other people and I hopped in the back.  We put on our headsets and then all of a sudden we were lifting of the ground.  We kept rising till we were 2,000 ft above the ground.  The view was incredible, the land just looked like it spread on forever.  The only things we could see was Uluru, Kata Tjuta, the resort and in the distance Mt Conner.  We flew forwards till we could see Uluru properly and we could see people climbing it.  Then we started to tip sideways until we were pressed against the windows so we could get a good view.  We then slowly made our way over to the airport and landed there.  The helicopter ride was just awesome.  As we were filing into the mini bus we saw the Royal Flying Doctor Service parked there helping out 2 people.  

Then we drove back to the caravan and went to the pool.  It was a really hot day so we thought it would be a good idea to have a swim.  The only thing was, the pool was absolutely freezing.  We had a few dips but that was all it took to feel ready to go back to the caravan and make dinner.  

After dinner we did the last exciting thing for the day, we went on an Astronomy tour.  We walked out into the clearing at 7:20pm to meet Adriano our astronomer.  We first got taught about the different constellations in the sky.  The easiest ones to spot were the Southern Cross, the Teapot and Scorpio.  We then looked through the telescopes at a few different objects.  First was the nebula (gas) in the sky, then the Milky Way, then a blue and orange star and then my favourite one, Saturn.   We looked into the telescope and could see the bright white planet and its rings.  We could see the planet so clearly.  Adriano has travelled the world and said that this was the best place to see the stars, here in Central Outback Australia.  We learnt some more about the rings of Saturn until sadly the time was up and we had to go home.