Uluru - anyone been there recently?

[donnashuggy]

As part of my husband and sons Christmas gift I have purchased them return flights to Uluru.

I'm currently investigating accomodation and tours or looking into hiring a car for them to do things themselves

All suggestions appreciated, they are only going to be there 2 nights because of work.

[imastawka]

All meals will be provided at the restaurant at the resort - but it will cost extra

Re climbing - the traditional owners would prefer you did not climb.

I respected that, so did hubby.  We walked around it instead.

There are plaques on the side for those who died whilst climbing.

(either fell or heart attacks and such)

[aps1080]

Climb it anyway, it is worth seeing on top due to the rock formations.

There were plaques when we went in 1980 or whatever it was.

[donnashuggy]

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@imastawka wrote:

Will you adopt me?                    Now I wanna go back.     

That package looks brilliant for a short stay.

I haven't been for 10 years, but would gladly go again and again

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Yes I think I will go with that, I will show them both first to confirm

[donnashuggy]

As long as my husband can get a few beers he will be happy. He climbed the harbour bridge a couple of years ago with our daughter but I doubt he would attempt climbing in the heat.

[aps1080]

If you do climb Ayres rock, do it in the morning.
And take plenty of water bottles and or a Hydration pack
Freeze them at night, leave pare in the freezer during the day.

[polksaladallie]

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@imastawka wrote:

All meals will be provided at the restaurant at the resort - but it will cost extra

Re climbing - the traditional owners would prefer you did not climb.

I respected that, so did hubby.  We walked around it instead.

There are plaques on the side for those who died whilst climbing.

(either fell or heart attacks and such)

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Kudos for your respect of the wishes of the owners. 

Brickbats to those who say "Climb it anyway"

[aps1080]

Polka

The sign at the base of the rock says

However, since Uluru is currently leased to Australia as a national park (see History, above), visitors are free to climb the rock and there is a marked path with chain handhold provided to make it a little safer. Many tourists climb the rock each year, but as the sign above points out, the climb is no easy task and some have even died in the attempt.


I have seen aboriginals chop and change all the time over cultural things.

Know more about aboriginal culture than you ever will.

[imastawka]

Thousands of people climb Uluru every year, but it's an act that the Anangu people find deeply disrespectful. They have a creation story that talks about the perils of climbing the sacred site.

In the story, the blue-tongued lizard eventually falls to his death from a cave after lying about stealing food. The stone marks where he fell as a reminder not to disrespect Tjukurpa or traditional law.

Read more: http://www.3news.co.nz/business/aboriginal-tale-warns-against-climbing-uluru-2014082213#ixzz3N4h9aMp...

 

[pct001wine]

Your insistence that people climb Uluru (against the wishes of the traditional owners) and your deliberate use of the term "Ayres Rock" (sic) would tend to suggest that you are a culturally insensitive buffoon, rather than the sort of person that would "know more about aboriginal culture than you ever will".  What an arrogant statement to make in respect of another poster.

[aps1080]

The official title is Uluru / ayers rock, not uluru by itself.

If they really didn't want you to climb it, you wouldn't be allowed.

No ifs or buts.

Go jump in a lake, i'll call it by e name that is on the official title, uluru or Ayers rock.