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Ayers Rock: Things To See
& Do
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Uluru (Ayers Rock)
One of the
worlds’ most famous natural landmarks, the monolith
of Ayer’s Rock, or Uluru (the Aboriginal name for the
site, which they believe is sacred, translates as ‘earth
mother’). Standing 348 metres high in the Uluru Kata
Tjuta National Park, its sheer mass and majesty are
best appreciated in person. The rock face is famed for
its changes of colour, depending on the light and weather.
You can take numerous tours around the base, though
the Aborigines will request you respect their beliefs
and not climb it.
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Kata Tjuta (the
Olgas)
Also set
within the Kata Tjuta National Park, this is a group
of more than 30 rounded red rock masses, which many
believe is more intimate and spiritual than Uluru. The
highest is called Mount Olga (1100 feet). Named ‘many
heads’ in the Aboriginal language, they are steeped
with mythology, especially at Walpa Gorge, or the Valley
of the Winds, and are even more important in the Dreamtime
legend than Uluru.
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Atila (Mt. Conner)
This is
one of the three famed rock formations in Kata Tjuta
National Park, together with Uluru and Kata Tjuta, and
is a flat topped tableland that can be seen on the way
to Uluru — many visitors actually mistake it for the
more famous monolith. The site is sacred to the Aborigines.
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