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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Uluru

Uluru, as it was named by the Aboriginals (the English renamed it Ayers Rock, but most people now refer to it as Uluru), is a big monolith in the middle of the Australian outback. It is a National Park and has it's own tourist resort and airport, as it is a 3 hour drive from the nearest town of Alice Springs. It has great spiritual significance for the Aboriginal community.
There is a climbing path up Uluru but the Aborigines ask people not to climb it out of respect. Strangely up to a third of visitors choose to climb it.

The previous 4 photos were at sunset, the one below the next day's sunrise (so, naturally, on the other side of the rock).


Posted by Maureen at 3:21 AM

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