From October 26, visitors to Uluru, known for many years as Ayers Rock, will no longer be able to scale the monolith. The impending ban has led to hundreds of people a day scrambling to climb it ...

A government source at the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park cultural center said: “If you climb, you only respect your right to climb. People either climb Ayers Rock (the colonial name for the ...

“Popularity has put stress on the existing infrastructure.” Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a sacred site for the Indigenous Anangu people. For years, signs at the base have read “This ...

Because it is the Rock. Uluru. Ayers. Names given by the generations who have trekked here to see the icon that’s launched a billion posters, postcards and calendars. People are drawn from ...

a red sandstone monolith called Uluru (or Ayers Rock, its colonial name) that towers over the outback’s desert plains. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and sacred to the aboriginal ...

Then, 208 miles from the nearest town, a sandstone rock rises over 1,100 feet from the earth, two miles long and one mile wide. Known as Uluru, or more casually as Ayers Rock, it is Australia’s most ...

Beginning on Oct. 26, 2019, climbing Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) will be prohibited. The park's Board of Management voted unanimously to approve the change, which has been the subject of ...

has jointly been named Ayers Rock and Uluru. Owing to its setting in the National Park, Uluru possesses protective status. The word Uluru translates as Great Pebble. The Anangu people put great ...

There are direct flights into Uluru (Ayers Rock) airport, where guests are picked up by small bus for the five-mile drive to Longitude 131. For information or to make reservations, call (011 ...

A government source at the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park cultural center said: “If you climb, you only respect your right to climb. People either climb Ayers Rock (the colonial name for the ...