Travelling to Australia later in the year, whats so special about Ayers rock??

Question

Me and my girlfriend are travelling around Australia, She can't wait to see it although I can't really see where the excitement is coming from, is it not just a rock in the middle of nowhere? What makes it a tourist attraction?

Answer 1

Just let me clear up something any $$ that is taken from the Aboriginal community is usually taken by the whiteman. Truly spectacular place you should see it also go to Kata Tjuta they are wonderful as well..

Answer 2

Ayers Rock/ Uluru, the world's largest monolith and an Aboriginal sacred site is Australia's most famous natural landmark. Visitors may wish to make the tough 1.6km ascent to the top or take a walking tour around the rock with an aboriginal guide , learning about its fascinating with the Uluru people and its importance in dreamtime legend.

Also in this enormous park are many Aboriginal sacred sites, spectacular scenery and famous rock formations. Visit the Olgas/ Kata Tjuta, a dramatic series of 36 dome-like rock formations which stand up to 1,701ft (546m) high and cover an area of 35km and like Uluru, produce an incredible light show at sunset, with crimsons turning to rusts, and pinks to mauves.

Answer 3

It's the largest monolith in the entire world. Imagine an arid, flat desert with this simply enormous steep sided mountain rising abruptly out of the landscape. It appears to be a different colour depending on the time of day and amount of humidity in the air and ranges from red to purple and brown with every shade and colour in between. It is an aboriginal sacred site and people used to climb it, but that is now recognised to be culturally insensitive. It's worth seeing and is within reach of some other amazingly beautiful places like the MacDonnell Ranges, Finke Gorge National Park, Ormiston Gorge, Standley Chasm and Kings Canyon. The Olgas (Kata Tjuta) which are about 50KM away from Uluru are also well worth a visit.

Answer 4

Well what is so special about so many places around the world and we still go to see them.... every place is special and this one is too...

This is Australian history, heritage of Aboriginal people and it isn't just a rock in the middle of nowhere. If you think that way then don't go there. Google it and read about it, so then you will find out more and then be more appreciative when you come down under. We welcome you but be respect-full.

That is a special place and try not to climb up there just to take a photo as it is a special place for Aboriginals.

Hope this helps and hope you have a great time down here. We all do love it.

Answer 5

It is the biggest rock in the world.

Answer 6

I've been there twice. Once on a family trip as a kid and once with my husband as adults. It's a pilgrimage. It's at the end of a long drive through the desert and it looms up out of the distance. You never realize how big its going to be til you get there. It's awe inspiring.

The place hums with energy.  It's beautiful and it's probably the most remote place you will ever visit in your life. You can do a Sounds of Silence dinner where you sip champagne as you watch the sun set and the rock changes colours, then a local astronomer walks you through the southern hemisphere star constellations.

It's an important place to many Australians and that makes it worth checking out, if you want to understand Australia better.

Answer 7

I'm Australian and I haven't actually seen it nor would I bother unless I happened to be driving past.

Naturally because it is in the middle of nowhere with no other facilities around they are able to charge you an arm and a leg.

The local Aboriginal community that owns the place is in complete disarray, the big tourist complex down the road ships in people from interstate and overseas to work in the hotel rather than employ the locals.

And any money the community does make from opening the park to tourists mysteriously disappears, which is what happens with most Aborigial ventures.

Sorry for my cynical view, I'm sure you will have a great time holidaying in Australia.