Need some info: First visit to Uluru

[prateek_pk (Prateek Raghav)]

Hi Guys,

I'll be visiting Uluru in the Easter 2016 break and will be doing some night sky photography. The national park closes after sunset.

Are there enough spots around the area where I can freely park the car in the night and click pictures.

Also is there anything I need to take care of as its my first trip to the outback.

[Somnium (Aidan)]

welcome to the boards

i hope you are not going over the easter weekend, if you can time it around a new moon you will not regret it. When i went there a few years back the sky was simply amazing
i went for drives at night and just found spots to pull over and take a few shots. there is essentially 1 road and few people driving at night so you should be good to pull over and set up anywhere, if you want fantastically framed shots you may need to walk for a bit. some others may be able to point you to their super secret locations.

[deanm (Dean)]

Have a chat with Batema (Mark), a member here on IIS.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/member.php?u=1177

He works as a resident Astronomy Supervisor at Ayers Rock Resort & knows every nook and cranny around!

Dean

[gary]

Originally Posted by prateek_pk

Hi Guys,

I'll be visiting Uluru in the Easter 2016 break and will be doing some night sky photography. The national park closes after sunset.

Hi Prateek,

I note Easter Sunday 2016 falls on March 27th.

Just as well, as you will then avoid the "Field of Light" art installation
which will apparently be on at Uluru from 1 April 2016 until 31 March 2017.

Originally Posted by Ayres Rock Resort

Bruce Munro and his team will install more than 50,000 slender stems crowned with frosted-glass spheres that will bloom as darkness falls over Australia’s spiritual heartland. Pathways will draw viewers into the installation, which will come to life under a sky brilliant with stars

See https://www.ayersrockresort.com.au/e...of-light-uluru

New Moon falls on March 9th 2016 and April 1st will be the following last quarter.

[OzEclipse (Joe Cali)]

you can walk out from the yulara camp ground and climb a dune or go to the Uluru lookout. From there you can point your camera at Uluru which is southeast of Yulara campground.

As others have said, go at new moon if possible.

joe

[Suzy]

Originally Posted by gary

Hi Prateek,

I note Easter Sunday 2016 falls on March 27th.

Just as well, as you will then avoid the "Field of Light" art installation
which will apparently be on at Uluru from 1 April 2016 until 31 March 2017.

Hi Gary

Thank you so much for that tip as I was looking at doing my first trip out there around March/April. I will now make sure that it's March. Was always going to be around new moon time .
I heard that Autumn was the best time to go, weather wise.

[Octane (Humayun)]

We are crazy. We are going over Christmas/New Year break.

Mark, can you help a brutha out?

H