Dawn at "Ayers Rock"

Tuesday 22nd February - Uluru (Ayers Rock) & Kata Tjuta (Olgas)

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February 24th 2011
Up REALLY early this morning. The coach is picking us up at 05:00 am, so we need to be up at 4.00 am!!! Seems like we have only just gone to bed. First stop is a vantage point where we can photograph Ayers Rock as the rising suns rays hit the rock. (This is the theory!). We get off the coach and the guide sets up a table where we can get coffee and tea and some snacks, we grabbed a cup of tea/c ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Ayers Rock

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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