From the other Side

King of the castle

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July 14th 2006
Scott writes: Uluru, wow, this is not just any rock We'd been told that its possible to climb Uluru and that it's quite strenuous. Nobody had gone into details other than to say, don't get put off half way up and keep going. We really wanted to climb it and as we caught our first glimpse of the rock from about 50 km away we started to get really excited. The rock is massive. Just truly imme ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Uluru

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more