To most non-Australians, Uluru (once known as Ayer's Rock) is the essential symbol of Australia. It also has enormous cultural significance to the local Anangu Aborigines. The story told to the ...

Amid the flat, earthen landscapes of Australia, visitors traditionally had one experience on their must-do list: climbing Ayers Rock, the immense sandstone formation at the center of the country. In ...

Tourism operators have been flat out meeting growing demand at Uluru. But questions are being asked about what will be done to keep visitor numbers up once the option to ascend the ancient monolith is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A spellbinding red mound of rock towering 1,142 feet above the surrounding Outback, Uluru is a singular site to behold. To the ...

Uluru tourist: "It is probably disrespectful but we climbed" Huge crowds scrambled up Australia's Uluru for the final time on Friday, ahead of a ban on climbing the sacred rock. The giant monolith - ...

Uluru, a World Heritage site in northern Australia, is renowned for its color-changing ability due to its sandstone composition. The rock shifts colors from red, purple to orange based on the sun's ...

Uluru and Kata Tjuta were formed over 500 million years ago, and these living landscapes have been sacred to the Indigenous people for tens of thousands of years. Uluru is one of the world's largest ...

The drawcard is the big, red sandstone rock Uluru that abruptly rises 348 metres. A controversial ban on climbing it in line with indigenous traditional owners’ wishes takes effect on October 26. Some ...

KIIS FM’s Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek weighed in on the decision on their radio show this afternoon, with Hughesy revealing his wife’s decision not to climb foiled his proposal attempt. “In 2006, ...

Neither distance nor time feel familiar at Uluru. The dune-strewn desert seems endless, animal tracks patterned in red dust. Desert tracks of animals seen in the red dirt of Yulara, near Uluru.Alex ...

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 ...