Uluru up close: Meet a real Aussie rock star

By Monique Farmer
Updated April 2 2015 - 10:18am, first published March 29 2015 - 12:15am
Ned Thompson, guide at Desert Awakenings. Photo: Monique Farmer
Ned Thompson, guide at Desert Awakenings. Photo: Monique Farmer
Emily, Sebastian and Jacqueline with Ned Thompson, guide at Desert Awakenings, on the bench graced by royal bottoms. Photo: Monique Farmer
Emily, Sebastian and Jacqueline with Ned Thompson, guide at Desert Awakenings, on the bench graced by royal bottoms. Photo: Monique Farmer
Uluru beckons.
Uluru beckons.

The bus bumps along a rough road in the pitch dark. It's impossible to see anything  and the overwhelming sensation is the rocking motion which threatens to send us back to sleep. It's 5.30am as we set off on today's adventure  which is breakfast in the desert followed by a guided tour around Uluru.

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