If a certain place is about to become off-limits, chances are you probably shouldn’t rush to go there. Despite efforts to discourage climbers on Uluru, or Ayer’s Rock, in Australia, as well as an ...
Aboriginal theories about the creation of the Uluru rock formation vary and are rarely shared with outsiders, but the Anangu people are clear about its hallowed place in their heritage. It’s where the ...
Thousands of people are flocking to climb Uluru – Australia’s sacred giant monolith – before a ban comes into force at the end of October. From October 26, visitors to Uluru, known for many years as ...
Recently, the Aṉangu installed signs that read, “the climb is not prohibited, but we prefer that, as a guest on Aṉangu land, you will choose to respect our law and culture by not climbing.” This has ...
Three 23-year-old men have been rescued by emergency services after getting stuck on the sacred site of Uluru in the Northern Territory, Australia. Despite signs asking people not to walk over the ...
The climb ban goes into effect after repeated requests for people not to climb. Australia's landmark sandstone, considered a site of "great spiritual significance," has been turned into something of a ...
Nostalgia swept the Down Under tour as Prince William and Duchess Kate posed in front of Australia's spectacular Uluru rock sentinel as the sun set in the desert Outback on Tuesday. The scene under ...
YULARA, Australia, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Australia’s Uluru officially closed to climbers for good on Friday. The permanent ban takes effect after a decades-long fight by indigenous people to close the ...
The long, contentious debate in Australia over the future of the sacred Uluru is over. Climbing the famed Northern Territory site will be banned from October 2019 following a unanimous decision by the ...
Uluru, Australia — Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians' demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site on Friday when high winds threatened to prematurely end the generations-old ...
For years, visitors to Uluru — Australia's iconic sandstone rock — have been greeted with a trail to the top and a sign with a simple request: "Please don't climb." Climbing the rock is permitted ...