{"id":543,"date":"2024-12-09T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discovery.cevolution.co.uk\/australia\/?p=543"},"modified":"2025-01-02T10:36:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T10:36:48","slug":"uluru-field-of-light-sunrise-sacred-sites-sunset-and-other-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discovery.cevolution.co.uk\/australia\/2024\/12\/09\/uluru-field-of-light-sunrise-sacred-sites-sunset-and-other-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Uluru: Field of Light, Sunrise, Sacred Sites, Sunset and other stories"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 7<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Today – Sunday, December 12th (Australian Central Time) – I\u2019ve mostly spent exploring the environs around Ayes Rock and the Ayres Rock Resort. Some of my adventures have been under my own steam, and some have been from the selection of various paid-for tours provided by AAT Kings<\/a>. Each has been thought-provoking, emotional and\/or cathartic in varying degrees and for a number of different reasons. But above all else, they\u2019ve certainly been enjoyable \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point, I’d like to give a big shout-out to Jacinta at AAT Kings. You might recall me saying that things don’t always go to plan – especially on Adventure Vacations – and that you just have to “roll with the punches” when they don’t. I’ve found it really is the only way to stay sane and to keep on enjoying one’s vacation overall. Those of you following along might recall that in Melbourne, it was my trip along the Great Ocean Road<\/a> that ran into some speed bumps; here at Uluru, it was my Sunrise\/Field of Light trip that had some issues. Needless to say, though, everything got sorted, and to date, I’ve been so very impressed by how proactive the tour operators are over here in Aus; “Good on ya, mate” is, I think, how the saying goes! \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Setting off at 4:30 am, with our first – and actually only – stop being the Field of Light<\/a><\/em>, our trusty steed – ably aided and abetted by our trusted guides from AAT – delivered us en masse, some 10 minutes down the road from the Ayres Rock Resort<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bruce Munro<\/a> is an internationally acclaimed artist who mostly works with light, and I first came across his work as part of an exhibition incorporating his iconic \u201cField of Light\u201d that was being hosted at Marston Park<\/a> (a stately home and grounds near where I live in the UK). So imagine my intrigue when I heard that Uluru was home to a more permanent installation of his iconic work \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Field of Light” is created by utilizing a myriad of fibre-optic cables connecting purpose-built translucent glass-like spheres that sit atop illuminated glass-like stalks. Each sphere carries a small cluster of LEDs, and everything gently changes colour over time. As someone who’s built my own custom lighting feature – for a stage show I directed called Constellations (you can take a look at my Scenic Lighting<\/em> promo here<\/a>) – I know how much work can go into something like this. I also know how awesome the effect(s) that are created can be! \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like most of his other installations, the one at Uluru is solar-powered, and it comes “alive” before dawn and again once the Sun has set. If you get the chance to see one of his creations, I would highly recommend doing so; the experience is both tranquil and mesmerizing in equal measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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