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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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