Us at The Olgas

Don't forget your mizu

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March 4th 2007
We arrived safe and well in Ayers Rock (or Uluru as it should be called by its Aboriginal name) and yes it was very hot and yes there were tonnes of flies. But we were reliably informed that its normally much hotter with far more flies - lucky us! We had been told back in the UK by our travel agent that its just as good to pop in to Uluru directly by flight as it is to travel overland from Ali ... 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