Tom and I flew to Uluru (formerly & still regularly referred to as Ayer's Rock.) It's a place in the Australian outback, pretty much smack dab in the center of the entire country. The big draw to the area is the rock formation it's named after, and that's about it. So, all the activities are centered around different ways to experience the rock.
On our first night, we booked seats for the "Sounds of Silence" dinner - a 4 hour sunset/dinner/star-gazing event. (FYI - Oprah did it too.)
It was a pretty incredible night. The sunset was beautiful and we had a fun time talking with the other travellers at our table... one couple actually got engaged during the course of the evening, so that was extra exciting (especially because the woman already had been drinking a lot before her boyfriend proposed to her.)
After dinner, we saw soooo many stars in the sky including a great view of the milky way and many other formations that I had never really seen before. It helped having a guide point out stars of note, but it wasn't even necessary to know what I was looking at to enjoy what I was seeing.
PS - this shot is obviously just prior to sunset. I think this picture shows the spirit of the night the best, but for a view of the rock itself... give me a few minutes to pull together the post for 4/23 !
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