Uluru – What To Know Before You Go!
Family tour, honeymoon or weekend getaway – no trip to Australia is unabridged without time spend at the ‘heart of the continent’. Uluru, the homogenous monolith standing 348 metres high and 2.5 times the height of Sydney Harbour Bridge, lies smack dab in the middle of the Australian Outback that is scorching during the day and chilly at night. The colour changing characteristics of this iconic sandstone structure is another story altogether! Ayers Rock, the alternative name given to what local Anangu refer to as ‘Uluru’, was titled so in 1873 in honour of Sir Henry Ayers, the then Chief Secretary of South Australia. The inselberg that Wiki lists as ‘an isolated rock hill that rises abruptly from a virtually level surrounding plain’ owes its red-brown colour to the oxidized iron-carrying minerals, or in layman terms, rust. Uluru tourism peaks from May to September with the weather being cooler and less humid. As the low tourist season from November to March can be a b...