Uluru (Ayers Rock) 1

Uluru and Kings Canyon

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September 2nd 2006
Day 153 Saturday 02 September 2006 Alice Springs to Yulara (Ayers Rock Resort) (approx. 480 kms) Graeme decided to drive right through to Ayers Rock today as there was nothing much in between. We drove past Mt Connor which looks very similar from a distance to Uluru, the kids and Graeme started yelling and screaming but I told them (as I had been here 12 years ago on a coach tour) that it was no ... 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