Aborigines have lived in Australia’s red lands in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Uluru for over 10,000 years. Whites first came here in 1872.. The Australian government gave these lands back to the Pitjantjatjara Aborigines of Uluru for 99 years in 1985.
Managed with the National Parks and Wildlife Association. Three of the world’s 10 most venomous snakes live in this vast, flat red land.. It is home to many venomous reptiles, apart from animals such as wild camels, kangaroos and emu.
I set my clock for 7 am to watch the sunrise.. I woke up earlier but it was not possible to see the sunrise because it was cloudy. We packed up our stuff, tucked it into the tiny Toyota Yaris, and went straight to the Uluru Sunset viewing parking lot.. It was early morning so there were very few caravans and visitors in the parking lot.. While we were having our breakfast in the parking lot, the sun was slowly peeking out from behind the clouds, and it was hiding again. reaching out. Millions of years ago, this geography of Australia was an inland sea.. Uluru, together with its neighbor Kata Tjuta, was formed when the mountains surrounding this inland sea were eroded by erosion, wind and rains and filled the sea, and this filled content was kneaded under high pressure and some of it resurfaced with earthquakes. The bedrock formation including Tjuta is estimated to be 5 km thick and 100 km wide underground.. Uluru is located 21 km from Yulara, a tourist town of 3000 inhabitants, where visitors first reach it.
With the rising of the sun, the weather started to warm up slowly.. We had our breakfast against the impressive view of Uluru in this seemingly endless red desert where wild camels, kangaroos, wallabys and Aborigines live.. After breakfast, we got in our car and went to the parking lot right next to Uluru and made our walk preparations.. We were going to walk the 9.4 km long walking path surrounding this magnificent rock.
We started our walk with fast paced steps.. During the walk, we stopped at many places, took pictures, followed the footsteps of the people who lived here thousands of years ago.. There were formations of very different shapes on this rock, which itself has a very interesting structure.. It is possible to see wall paintings and figures made by Aborigines on the rock thousands of years ago in many places.. Almost all around the walking area, there were sign boards stating that we were walking in a sacred area and that we should take photos.. They don’t like to have their pictures taken of their holy places.. The walking path consists of a completely flat area, while walking from the side of the rock from time to time, you continue on the asphalt road surrounding the rock.. Behind Uluru are ponds of water considered sacred by the Aborigines.. These ponds are also a source of life for wild animals living in this environment.. This wildlife is archived by the park authorities with cameras set up in different places at the beginning of this pond.
Uluru is one of the most important spiritual places for Aboriginal people.. At certain times of the year they are allowed to climb on it to perform their traditional ceremonies that they have been doing for thousands of years.. While the Anangu Aborigines want to ban climbing Uluru because it violates their culture and beliefs, the Australian Federal Ministry of Environment disagrees, but advises visitors not to climb the rock. the red rocks a hundred meters below and then the grave. More than 35 deaths and many injuries have been recorded so far.
We were able to complete this walk, which is almost 10 km, in 2.5 hours.. Although we were very tired, Laurie and I decided to climb to the top of Uluru, but even on that first hundred-meter steep climb, my Hobbit friend collapsed and could not get up.. The first 500 meters is very steep and you can climb by holding on to the chains fixed to the rock.. I stubbornly tried to climb this rock, which was closed to climbing in very hot and very windy times.. The people below and the parked cars were getting smaller and smaller as I reached the top.. Even though I thought that every hill I climbed brought me closer to the summit, I was faced with a new hill afterwards. it was incredible to be able to see it from the top of the old rock. At the summit, the strong and cold wind sometimes blew so hard that it was difficult to stand.. It was not possible to see the whole view clearly as the sun was still behind the clouds.. I would like to stay on the summit for a long time and reach every corner of the rock, but since we have a long walking path to fit in today, I hurried down. I extended. I was sleeping in the back seat as we crossed the 30km road to our next stop, Kata Tjuta (The Olgas).
Day 323: Australia:68, Uluru (Ayers Rock), Yulara, June 22, 2011
