We took the easy way, and drove around it and stopped at a couple of places and walked “in” to it. It was 107-110 degrees the days we were there. By noon they closed the trails and did not reopen them until after 6 that night. One morning we went out and it was like 89 degrees and it felt cool. So we mainly would go out when the sun came up until about noon then stayed in our room, bar or out to the pool for a quick dip until evening as the sun started to go down. I grew up in El Paso, Texas and in the summer we would get temperatures like this but it would drop lower in the evenings. Here it seemed to just stay blast furnace hot. Everyone says oh it is a dry heat, yes but it still felt like walking in an oven. We took like 4 showers a day just to cool off, you could wash your clothes in the sink put them outside in the sun for like 15 minutes and they were dry. Flies were bad too the hotter it got more and more flies but as the sun set so did they and the higher the sun rose in the morning so did the number of flies. They sold head nets every where.

Thank you for responding. I don’t remember the temps when we visited, but we walked around Uluru at 6 am to avoid the heat of the day. Also snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef and as you said, it was a most incredible experience. I forgot about those bothersome flies. Although they don’t bite, and are only seeking moisture, they are indeed troublesome!!
Yes I did snorkel the Great Barrier Reef which for me and others in our group and all those who had snorkeled before it was a OH WOW or like “OMGee!”. It was a very moving experience for me and others, all I can say after being to Hawaii, Grand Cayman and other places nothing even comes close.

Thanks for all the comments. I have others from this trip I will post soon.