Uluru

[unenslaved]

Tourists are using Uluru 'as a toilet'

[erictheun]

yeah uluru is brilliant..

hated those fcking flies though .. argh!

[THEDROPPEDSOCK]

Are there heaps of flies there?

[paddlepopkid]

Oh Wow! I can't wait to one day visit the red center! even though i live in sydney, it seems so far away and so expensive to travel there!! Its so ironic how the sign specifically says We Do Not Climb or dont climb, and there's like hundreds of people climbing it! i hope when its my turn, i can still climb it!

[PhilyBdizzle]

Oh and sorry do u know what the song is? i really liked it

[CiroccoJones]

Thanks for the kind words! The song is "Nobody Teaches Life Anything" by Dogs Die in Hot Cars

[PhilyBdizzle]

Dude this video made it look so awesome now i cant wait to go! I was planning to climb it before i realised it is offensive, so i strait away decided i wassnt going too

[Astrid270718]

Wonderful Uluru!

[protectingme]

i went there lst october.was amazing.cldn't take my eyes of it.walked the ful 9kms around it.

went there for 1 sunrise & 2 sunsets. so beautiful. i was making a joke about it saying it was hollow, because when you knock on it, it sounds hollow. lol and when i went there.. i didn't see one animal! it was like huh?? but on the last day, when we were at the airport i saw a big lizard.. maybe a metre long.. or nah.. maybe 60 cms max.

a bird was trying to take its food. it was funny

[mufti101]

My Brother was informing me on the size of Uluru and he emphasised on its extreme vastness. How would compare Uluru to, oh say, the Harbour Bridge?

[jacho80]

nice question!! i've been to both, but now i can't compare them. that was 8 years ago. I climbed it :D

[CiroccoJones]

According to wikipedia, Uluru is 3.1 km wide, the Harbour bridge is 1.1 km long!

Also Uluru is 348m tall compared to the bridge's 139m.

[Kruizinby]

I was there in 2002 when I moved over to alice from the Gold Coast, walked and drove around it but chose not to climb. Just seeing it is amazing enough.

Each to their own but I don't see the point in climbing it. It's there to be admired not stomped all over. As I said, each to their own..

[kukrka]

guys,

I am going over there in November for 5 days,and CANT WAIT!!!

[thow65]

Agree with your comments Tony, especially about the preconceptions. I heard so many people saying they weren't going to visit it, because they saw it as some kind of tourist 'cliche'. How much did they loose out? I read the signs and didn't climb it,(and can't understand how so many have such little respect to do so), but I walked around it and have memories for life for doing so! If only we all had the humility,(self included), to have an ounce of the grace the indiginous locals have.

[tony23mcr]

i went to uluru with some amazing friends and it was truely breath taking, never have i been so humbled by a place in my life, the place overwhelmes you, any preconceptions about the place can't begin to explain how the place made me feel, it nearly brought me to tears as I looked upon it!

[3DegreeSydney]

No, haven't been to Uluru, but it's so much a part of the national consciousness...everyone has an opinion whether they've been or not. I used to live in Broken Hill. There are masses of aboriginal sites near the city, the most notable being in Mootwingee National Park. Some fantastic rock art! There are moves to close off some of the Park as rock carvings which cannot be fenced are being eroded away by foot traffic.

[3DegreeSydney]

What's more, I have it on good authority, that the nearest post office to Uluru receives packages of rocks each year from all over the world, sent by tourists who thought it a good idea to souvenir a rock or two to take home with them. For some reason they associate subsequent bad luck experiences with having taken the rocks, and feel returning them is the solution to their sudden difficulties. Spooky.

[CiroccoJones]

Have you been to the visitor centre there? You can see some of the letters and rocks that people have mailed back. It's insane.

[3DegreeSydney]

Some feel it is their right to exercise free choice and ignore the sign. It is not illegal to climb Uluru, and the white lines are there to guide people. The custodians often close "the climb" when a relative dies, or when weather is bad. Sadly, many tourists are like lemmings...hmm.

[ichingvideo]

I went there and loved it too! It was a real spiritual experience being there. I also read the signs and did not climb out of respect for Anangu people,the traditional owners of the rock. It is a real shame not everybody sees it the same way.

[Deadly4Lyf]

To whom ever took this video, i want to thank you for not climbing the rock while all those other people chose to do so!

May you be blessed always.