• Tuesday 27 April 2010

Ulura, or as it is most commonly known Ayres Rock is the biggest monolith (single piece of rock) is the biggest of its kind in the world. When it is seen form fare away it is the only thing that creeps above the horizon in flat arid landscape. The closer you get to it, the more apparent the sheer size and scale of it becomes. Uluru is a single piece of sandstone rock, which is normally grey but in this case is a reddish rusty colour which is caused by oxidization which is pretty much rusting. As you get ever closer to the rock it takes up the full view of the window and starts to reveal itself. From afar it looks smooth but up close you1ll see the different patterns and textures in the rock. There are also many caves, crevices and little cliffs that have been eroded into the rock by torrential rain that gathers in these fishers and creates large waterfalls which erode the rock. Uluru belongs to the traditional owners as it has done for centuries, The Anangu, or Local Aboriginal People. There are two walks you can take at Ayres Rock, the first, Matitjulu walk which brings you along a stretch of land that the aboriginals have been using for generations and leads to the Mutitjulu waterhole. The second Mala walk takes you to some of the places where the aboriginals hold their religious ceremonies. At these ceremonies the men must climb to the top of Uluru. This is or was also one of the main things for tourists would do when visiting but people are asked not to climb the rock as it is offensive to the aboriginlas. However many people still do it. Another place not too far away that people visit is the peaks of Kata Tijuta. Some of the peaks here, only 45km`s away form Uluru are even taller then the sacred rock and are themselves held sacred by the locals. If you make it to alice springs and Uluru it would be worth staying another day to explore these peaks as they are quite simply breathtaking at sunrise and sunset. Book Cheap Flights To Oz and check out our amazing Australia Deals!