The red rock that stands sensationally in the middle of Australia's red desert centre has been there for hundreds of millions of years, according to Indige**us belief. The UNESCO World Heritage site is sacred to the Anangu people, the traditional Aboriginal landowners in this region.*
this isn't just any rock, Uluru stands at 863 metres above sea level, with 348 metres above the ground and a major chunk of the overall rock buried underground. It is almost 10 kilometres around the outside.*In 1985, Uluru was handed back to its traditional owners with a 99 year lease back to the Australian Parks and Wildlife Service to assist with maintenance and running. Read more...