Uluru (Ayers Rock)

[luckystrike]

Does anyone know if you can take a one-day trip from either Sydney or Melbourne to Ayers Rock?

I know it's a very long way, but if I can fly to Rome or Lapland for a day trip from Belfast, it's hardly seems impossible!

Any help most welcome....

[mushroom25]

there are qantas flights from sydney, but the return flight the same day would give you barely 2hr on the ground, barely enough time to experience what is, to many australians, a very spiritual place.

http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn/home/qualifier-region-au

[dzug]

I doubt if it's possible unless you charter an aircraft, but why not go to the qantas web site and see what flights are available.

[Golem]

If I remember my geography correctly, Belfast to Rome is approximately 1962 km; Sydney to Uluru is approximately 3,200 km, and Australia is slightly bigger than the whole of Europe (someone will be able to give exact dimensions I'm sure).

Not until I visited the country could I even begin to appreciate just how vast it is!

I would rather say, "it hardly seems possible."

[luckystrike]

Golem:

You do NOT remember your geography correctly, and your sarcastic comments are unwelcome!

Microsoft Encarta shows Belfast to Rome is 1,955km.

Belfast to Lapland is 2,006km.

Melbourne to Uluru is 1,906km.

Sydney to Uluru is 2,159km.

[bongerman]

try and take more time is the easy answer.

while in Oz i took flights to Alice springs and three days later took flights out of A.S. In the mean time did a VERY RUSHED tour of kata juta and uluru and my biggest regret of my time out there is not spending more time in the red centre.