Fun with Uluru

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Published: September 27th 2004Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Uluru
September 27th 2004

The bus is the one with the snake on it.

Today we had the option of climbing Uluru or walking around it. There are signs everywhere strenuously requesting that you don't climb the rock (it's a bit offensive to stomp all over what the aboriginals consider a sacred object) and yet a steady stream of tourists can be seen moving up and down. It's actually quite a dangerous climb, a woman died yesterday and they landed a helicopter on the rock to collect her. That was also a deterent. In addition, you can see a visible scar up the side where everyone climbs which is kind of sad. Jesse and I didn't climb. Instead we walked around the base with Paul and Clo who we met on our tour. The walk is 10km but completely flat. Uluru looks like a completely different rock from every angle.

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Rachel Tannahill

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Fleeing the Canadian winter!!!!!!!! A year travelling in New Zealand/Australia... and insufficient contact with friends and family back home. I'm making up for that (hopefully) with this travel diary which I am composing more or less all at once. Yikes! What a task. Anyway, I started with a couple entries for the beginning of my trip (some are composed of bits of emails I've written) and some for my most recent adventures. As I have time, I will fill in the middle! If you don't feel like reading all my crap, at least click on the entries and check out the pics! Love you all, Rachel... full info

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Finger of God

Uluru is actually a lot smaller than people think!

Looks good and tastes great too!

Just because we decided to respect the wishes of the Aboriginals by not climbing Uluru didn't stop us from having a little fun with the rock anyway!

Minga

Aboriginals call tourists Minga which means "white ants" because that's what they look like climbing Uluru.

Rock Paintings

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Ali
Ali Watters

Date: 5th October 2004

Love the photos
Especially the one where you're licking Uluru - hope that you can get some more start a "fun with natural wonders" series ;)

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vlim
Violet Lim

Date: 11th August 2005

Haha, awesome pictures, mate!

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guz
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Date: 5th April 2006

photoriphic
Don't lick anymore rocks. I think that is how you get the kidney stones.

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Drumma_Queen
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Date: 24th June 2006

Funny
Fair Dinkum but funny, how did you do it? Photoshop? Anyway COOL! d-_-b

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