Uluru

An artsy shot :) Not only is Uluru special because of its location in the centre of Australia (surrounded by a lot of nothing) but it is the largest rock monolith in the world. (It is one solid piece of rock as opposed to layers of sedimentary rock like Kata Tjuta.) ROCK MONOLITH would be a good name for a band.

My REAL Birthday

September 26th 2004
I considered today to be my real birthday since it's the 25th at home. We were up at 4:30am in order to watch the sun rise behind Uluru (Ayers Rock). It was stunning!! After that we did a long hike around Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) which was much easier than the King's Canyon walk but equally impressive. We also drove around Uluru and looked at some Aboriginal rock paintings and heard some Aborigi ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Uluru

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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