Kantju Gorge, Uluru

This waterhole, barely a puddle when we saw it, was an important source of water during ceremonies. It also attracted animals so the Mala people would always approach quietly so as not to scare them away. They would spear the last animal to leave so the others weren't afraid to return. "They would just wonder where the emu went". The black is algae that forms where the water usually flows.

Uluru and the Olgas, Too

September 30th 2014
The weather forecast for today was 37 C so we set the alarm for 7am to give us an earlier start and get more of the walking around Uluru done before it got too hot. That was the plan, anyway. As it turned out, we should have been up even earlier. We were on the road by 8am, with 84km to go before we got to Yulara, the small township nearest to Uluru. We had hoped to find some information about ... read more

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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

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