Uluru frequently unanswered questions
by Roy Broff
(Melbourne)
Swim between the flags!
Beauty, prohibitions, fines, nonsense & prevention ... National or first Park; first culture the invisible hand ... is really worth a visit?
After almost 2 decades of listening to other people contradict the stories has finally decided to hop in the car (options such as fly + car rental + ... seemed well outside of my budget) and learn what it really is.
Like many others I happened to live on the East Coast and should allow for 1 week (return journeys), 3 drums petrol and however-up credit card, the roads are OK and the unit was fun.The desert is boring and monotonous, but at least easy to steer ... Please remember stay safe! Just hundreds of meters from the road, hidden behind the bushes have found several stolen & torched cars! The film Wolf Creek is a stark warning to those who forget the dark side of our roots convict ...
If you can, your time of arrival for the sunset (if you're lucky enough to get a good) the rock is really impressive in red!
$ 25 gets you 3 days access to the Park, and follow the crowds in the beautiful cultural centre (do not forget about the information centre there is none ...) except for certain vertical priced souvenirs/raw art, boomerangs & similar, the rest of the building is devoted to stories.If you're not expert historian stone age is very likely that you will get any concept or wisdom, nor you will be able to read, to memorize or to say some of the names ...
The best thing about it is that it has Center TOYALeTES (Please note-it is non-Aboriginal origin)! you can laugh at me, but they are the only ones in the Park (except these Olga is around 40 km away).If you think you can do in the Bush (after several hours of walking or climbing) that twice! walking largely patrols by an army of rangers, not to mention the other tourists looking desperately for the same thing!Before you decide to hop over the fence and inhibit the spread of hundreds of warning signs at least to verify that the site is not (most of them are) and it is not already a minefield excrement ...
True to genes of Exploring my son happily ignored the signs and arrived in one of the so-called sacred places a feature rock 200 m above the line; after a while came back laughing ... He discovered some mysterious artifacts: a broken beer bottle, used a condom & bikini ... No dating carbon was necessary.
If you're a serious law-obedience tourist leave your camera in the car (never leave any valuables elsewhere in Aus.).Huge areas of rock are sacred and penalties for photographing these areas ($ 5,000 or 6,000) can do to break out at any time.
The same rule applies to your climbing MPoTES climbing to the top is often prohibited and seriously discouraged for a series of often ridiculous excuses conditions (e.g. high winds and temperatures at the Summit in which there is obviously no anemometer or even a simple thermometer). non-compliance with the prohibition must you another $ 5500 fine ... SAFETY is a very convenient excuse, although the climb to the top is not a big deal for any matching person (I'm 53 and did this "handsfree" it is no use of hands or chain). Please note this applies only during the winter months (South) do you advice me anyone to go there ever!
If you're lucky enough to win the Race and make up the views of Olga is not too bad and a lot to explore outside the marked path Has an entire day. Discover heaps of interesting plants, herbs, animals, birds, bugs, holes, mini-caves, crevices, waterholes,, rock, etc.I believe it or not my son swam in some of the depths exceed 2 m. waterholes, but it is very cold water!
If you take your lenses binoculars/zoom and go to the end very likely to see some real/modern original culture is not mentioned in the cultural centre or even marked on the tourist map. This is exactly the original settlement Mutitjulu beside the rock you don't waste time trying to see any more tourists are not allowed (another $ 1000 fine). If you believe that you may receive an authorization to prepare yourself for a fair bit of writing, 4-6 weeks to wait and 99 +% chance of SORRY reply ... This seems to be the modern Australian version of apartheid ...
The glamorized original culture that is described in the cultural centre and many other locations around the country that does not seem to fit the reality we are not allowed to see a few kilometers away ...
So, what are our options?
Have an hour 3 walk around its base (not bad, but there is another much to do now), and then get back home, tries to process because the original culture or the Park never stepped out of the stone age; (consider prevention and isolation)
Or to make a real national (unlike the current first) park & attraction where millions of people from all over the world to worship &/or Enjoy regardless of their nature, Australia (original & other) culture, lifestyle and have fun.
About removing all ridiculous signs & bans, allow the free access, camping, hiking, photography, and much else. creation of tourist facilities such as a chair lift or tube (so that everyone can find at the top), toilets, shades & shelters, climbing, abseiling, hang & paragliding sites, tracks mountain bike/BMX, water slides, adventure/toboggan rides, children's playground, mini/desert open range zoo, etc. they will spoil the natural beauty or endanger the rock in any way (well, no more than most other national parks) will bring so much more visitors & joy, and much less frustration? how good modern Park would be for us struggling tourism industry?
What do you think?
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