Uluru is more than a must-see on every traveller’s bucket list; it’s a rite of passage.
When booking a honeymoon, my initial thought was always to go overseas, but when we started to think about of all the beautiful places we have right here in Australia, we realised we wanted to see more of the country we live in.
Given we planned for a surprise wedding at our engagement party, my husband, Rob and I really wanted to do something special for our honeymoon and choose a location where we could take my wedding dress and Rob’s suit to take our bridal photos.
[caption id="attachment_15873" align="aligncenter" width="870"] Tara with her husband Rob[/caption]
I had always wanted to go to Uluru, as it seemed like such a special place to visit, and when the flights went on sale, I snapped them up – we hadn’t even locked in a date for our engagement party yet!
We flew to Uluru via Melbourne, taking a pitstop in the beautiful city to see the sights for one night, before setting off on the honeymoon.
The flight to the red centre was breathtaking, and one you most definitely want to book a window seat for – with large marbled salt lakes surrounded by terracotta sand, undulating mountain ranges and burnished desert as far as the eye can see.
Coming into Uluru, I pressed against the window trying to spot it, I think I even squealed a little with excitement when I did, tugging at Rob’s arm to look out the window too. From the sky, the landscape appears so flat and Uluru just pops up out of nowhere, and in the distance you can make out the shape of Kata Tjuta (The Olgas).I did a lot of research before going to Uluru to make sure we experienced as much as we could in the four days we were there. On our first night, we did a camel tour to the Field of Light, where a gorgeous camel, Bonnie, took us on a sunset ride through the dunes, as the guides described the native flora and fauna. [caption id="attachment_15709" align="aligncenter" width="870"]

