Well, we got into Chambers Pillar with the van attached as we wanted to. The climb up the range on the dirt 4WD road approaching the pillar was steep and the little Cruiser was a champion. 4WD low range and a heap of revs and 6 tone of car and caravan were up and over. We spent a couple of day at the campsite there before the clouds that were gathering spooked us into getting out of there. I didn't fancy the thought of trying to get up that range if it was wet so we decided to pack up and camp on the top of it. Before we went though, we took a few photos of the pillar at sunset to get our eye in for when we get to Uluru.
The way the colours change in the landscape out here is fascinating, every minute it changes. We are now camped on the top of the range and our porch is the outback as far as the eye can see, we had a few beers tonight watching the sun set on this awesome landscape here. We have a 360 degree view of the land so whichever way you look is gorgeous. Have a look at the YouTube
link here. We will stay here for another day and then make our way out though the cattle station at Mary Vale over the Finke River and then take a shortcut on the Hugh River Stock Route which will lead us to the Stuart Highway and south onto the rock. The stock route will prevent us going into Alice Springs again and save a couple of hundred Klm at the same time. Below is a photo of Trace and I when we were taking the sunset photos.
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Well, we got into Chambers Pillar with the van attached as we wanted to. The climb up the range on the dirt 4WD road approaching the pillar was steep and the little Cruiser was a champion. 4WD low range and a heap of revs and 6 tone of car and caravan were up and over. We spent a couple of day at the campsite there before the clouds that were gathering spooked us into getting out of there. I didn't fancy the thought of trying to get up that range if it was wet so we decided to pack up and camp on the top of it. Before we went though, we took a few photos of the pillar at sunset to get our eye in for when we get to Uluru. 
The way the colours change in the landscape out here is fascinating, every minute it changes. We are now camped on the top of the range and our porch is the outback as far as the eye can see, we had a few beers tonight watching the sun set on this awesome landscape here. We have a 360 degree view of the land so whichever way you look is gorgeous. Have a look at the YouTube link here. We will stay here for another day and then make our way out though the cattle station at Mary Vale over the Finke River and then take a shortcut on the Hugh River Stock Route which will lead us to the Stuart Highway and south onto the rock. The stock route will prevent us going into Alice Springs again and save a couple of hundred Klm at the same time. Below is a photo of Trace and I when we were taking the sunset photos. 
very nice, think we might change our kimberley trip route to go via alice..
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