Day 9 - Ulura/Sydney

The ice cold desert morning was not welcomed by the team after a short night of sleeping bags and 'swags'. The majority of the team remained warm apart from Aaron Bowers who happened to misplace his sleeping bag and so had to sleep in half his suitcase.

After a quick breakfast we head to Uluru to watch the sunrise, again like the night before the colour changes on the rock were incredible and the desert sun soon heated us up.

We began our base walk of Uluru at around 9am which took a couple of hours, our tour guide Clarky knew everything there was to know about Uluru and was happy to inform us, even Mr Webb learnt some new facts..

A squad photo in front of the famous rock was followed by a visit to the cultural centre where we learnt even more about the unique history of the area.

After a rapid lunch we headed to the airport for the 2 hour flight to Sydney for our first stay with the locals. Many of the boys appeared nervous about the few days alone with Aussie familys but I'm sure everyone will have an amazing experience. A couple days sightseeing will be followed by Match 2, a competitive game we all want to win.

Nick Burnham