{"id":2328723,"date":"2026-03-15T03:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2328723"},"modified":"2026-03-15T03:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:54:29","slug":"second-day-of-danish-royal-visit-begins-at-sacred-uluru-waterhole-before-mary-and-frederik-head-to-canberra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/second-day-of-danish-royal-visit-begins-at-sacred-uluru-waterhole-before-mary-and-frederik-head-to-canberra\/","title":{"rendered":"Second day of Danish royal visit begins at sacred Uluru waterhole, before Mary and Frederik head to Canberra"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Danish Queen Mary has told the ABC her first trip to Uluru was “magical” as she and husband King Frederik X begin their second day of their royal tour of Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The couple were up before dawn today to walk the short Kuniya track to the Mu\u1e6fitjulu Waterhole, one of the few permanent sources of water at the rock, after taking in the sunset the day before.<\/p>\n

Usually at sunset, Uluru blazes a fiery red, an image replicated on postcards a million times over.<\/p>\n

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The king and queen were up early to watch the sunrise over Uluru on Saturday evening. (AFP: David Gray<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

But last night the royals were treated to a rarer sight \u2014 the ancient monolith softened to mauve by the rain and light-grey clouds above.<\/p>\n

The sunset viewing of Uluru, guided by A\u1e49angu traditional owners, was the final item on the agenda for the royal couple on day one of their six-day tour of Australia.<\/p>\n

They arrived at Uluru Kata Tju\u1e6fa Cultural Centre yesterday afternoon where they were greeted by traditional owners and watched an “inma”, or ceremonial dance, while the A\u1e49angu sang around them.<\/p>\n

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King Frederik and Queen Mary walk towards Uluru during a sunrise visit to the Mu\u1e6fitjulu Waterhole in Ulu\u1e5fu-Kata Tju\u1e6fa National Park. (AFP: David Gray<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Mary smiled as she took in the dance, wearing an Akubra, chic beige culottes and a grey blouse, fanning away an onslaught of persistent flies that had not been deterred by the rain.<\/p>\n

Members of the Danish press quietly giggled at the sight of some of their country’s royal officials reduced to donning daggy, yet entirely necessary, flynets.<\/p>\n

The couple then travelled to Yulara where they met with Indigenous trainees at the Kulata Academy Cafe, who presented the royals with dishes made with native ingredients, including finger lime and quandong tea.<\/p>\n

At the sunset viewing site, press photographers clamoured for a shot of the queen and king walking towards their destination on a different kind of red carpet \u2014 the sandy red of the desert.<\/p>\n