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Chockstone Photography Latest Shots 10-Aug-2010 At 1:38:23 PM Mike

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On 10/08/2010 davidn wrote:
>Did you get the flat tire on the Mereenie Loop? I curse the day I decided
>to go that way!
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>Stunning shot of Uluru. Must be a very rare confluence of events to get
>it looking that way.

Not sure where the Mereenie Loop is. I just went straight up through SA and into NT following the highway. Got the flat just as I was coming into Yulara late that first night. Changed the tyre around mid-night, slept a few hours then was up before dawn for the best shot of the trip. Perfect conditions, and no one around but me. The sunset that evening was also amazing. I did every dawn/sunset that week, as well as a few day-time hikes, but the light was never as good as it was that first day.

I'd definately recommend winter there rather than summer. Sure a couple of the nights were cold and the days short, but there were no flies (like not one), and the heat was quite bareable, rather pleasant in fact. I also discovered I preferred driving at night. No traffic, no sunburn, no tired eyes from glare or dehydration. Even the livestock that wanders across the road was asleep. The odd roo jumped out, but that happens in the daytime too.