I don’t think a bucket list is ever really deemed complete without some sort of helicopter event finding it’s own number on the list. It’s usually somewhere between skydiving and hot air ballooning (guilty as charged), and never feels out of place for what is essentially a life to-do list.
My helicopter bucket list item just so happens to come in at #22, and so it was a it of a no-brainer to cash in on this one this year out over one of the most spectacular views Australia has to offer; Uluru.
To deny seeing this beauty from the sky was to turn down an opportunity too great to be missed. So we didn’t hesitate for a moment in booking a half hour flight over Uluru and Kata Tjuta.
The day of the flight was warm, even in spring the desert holds her heat reaching temperatures well into the 30’s and just shy of 40°. If you were to ask the locals about whether this was hot however, the answer would come in the form of a chuckle and a sheepish grin before letting you know that out in the red centre, well, it’s not hot until the thermometer at least hits 45°.
We had made our way to the pick up location just before 10am where we met one other couple who were also joining us for the ride.
Heavy amongst COVID restrictions, we each had our temperatures taken (which honestly made me more nervous that a breathalyser test) and we’re given a mask to wear during the flight.
As the lightest out of the four of us, I was given shotgun. My Mr. called it the best seat in the house, and he wasn’t wrong – it most definitely was.
With a full length window in front and a large window to the side, I had views everywhere I looked. Poking my camera lens into the purposed fitted lens slot I was able to capture the whole experience, and a montage of some of my favourite memories yet.
As we flew over the stunningly harsh landscape below, we each had the opportunity to really take in the sheer size of Uluru and its equally breathtaking counterpart, Kata Tjuta.
Our pilot gave us a bit of information about how the land has rotated over the years, and I found this fascinating. To think a landscape could change so dramatically was incredible, and as I studied the rock faces from a birds eye view, I could see the now vertical direction of stone deposits where they once were horizontal.
After a half hour, which seemed to have lapsed in less than a few minutes, we made our way back towards the airport to land. The flight had been more wonderful than I anticipated, and I couldn’t help but feel like a helicopter flight may just find a certain permanency on every itinerary from here on out.
#22: Sight-see in a helicopter – Check!
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Pricing: A PHS Helicopter flight out at Uluru will set you back about $250 per person for 30 minutes, but if you keep an eye out for special deals on Adrenaline.com, you’ll be able to snag this experience a little cheaper! There a plenty of bookable flight times, inclusive of sunrise and sunset, so really all that you need to decide is when you’d like to go. If weather conditions aren’t permittable, PHS will either find another time to take you up or Adrenaline.com can sort you out with a voucher for another time!
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