Brandi & Randy visit Uluru

Brandi & Randy at Uluru

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Yep, here's our visit to Uluru, the big rock near the center of Australia, Supposedly the largest monolith in the world, it's a solid piece of sandstone which only partially arises out of the ground. BUT... a Discovery Channel video that we saw in Arnhem Land has a great animation of Uluru taking off under rocket power, shooting off into space. And then crashing down, right back in its spot. We were not sure quite what this was supposed to illustrate, but we got a fantastic laugh out of it.
Oh, yes, Uluru has another name, as does Kata Tjuta. But the current names were officially given back to these places after the handback of the land to the traditional owners in the mid 1980's. And I prefer to use the correct names. So there.

An up close view of part of the rock. It sure doesn't look up close the way it does at a distance. The variety of formations is amazing.

This is looking towards Mutitjulu waterhole, starting point of the walk around the Rock, and central point in Aboriginal creation stories about it.

Here's Brandi, aka Uluru Lulu, enjoying the view through her new shades.

The both of us, with one of the many such gashes in the rock. Most of the other similar formations were labelled as sacred, with no photos permitted.

A sure sign of ownership at the rock. The large formation on the left looked to us staggeringly like photos we've seen of desert Aboriginals who stored sacred objects in a bundle of dreadlocks behind their head. To the right is another head... that looked to us more like the work of Picasso.

Uluru Lulu is sure feeling small right now. It is beautiful how you can see the waterfalls, even when they're dry.

A small sample of the rock art that can be seen under several overhangs.

The climbing spot. The sign states that the Anangu, the traditional owners of Uluru, never climb it except in ritual circumstances, and that they prefer that visitors would do one of the other activities in the area, such as the walk around the Rock that we did. But, alas, climbing remains a popular pasttime.

Next... we check in with the boys in Alice Springs

An up close view of part of the rock. It sure doesn't look up close the way it does at a distance. The variety of formations is amazing.	This is looking towards Mutitjulu waterhole, starting point of the walk around the Rock, and central point in Aboriginal creation stories about it.
Here's Brandi, aka Uluru Lulu, enjoying the view through her new shades.	The both of us, with one of the many such gashes in the rock. Most of the other similar formations were labelled as sacred, with no photos permitted.
A sure sign of ownership at the rock. The large formation on the left looked to us staggeringly like photos we've seen of desert Aboriginals who stored sacred objects in a bundle of dreadlocks behind their head. To the right is another head... that looked to us more like the work of Picasso.	Uluru Lulu is sure feeling small right now. It is beautiful how you can see the waterfalls, even when they're dry.
A small sample of the rock art that can be seen under several overhangs.	The climbing spot. The sign states that the Anangu, the traditional owners of Uluru, never climb it except in ritual circumstances, and that they prefer that visitors would do one of the other activities in the area, such as the walk around the Rock that we did. But, alas, climbing remains a popular pasttime.