Heart of Australia has long been heated by the sun – it is red and fire-breathing. Strange rock formations have arisen in prehistoric times. The most amazing place Australia, Ayers Rock, is located 450 km from Alice Springs. Visible from afar, the mountain-monolith rises above the plain. Rays of the setting sun each time paint it in different colors.
Mysterious monolith, the holy mountain of Ayers Rock rises majestically in the middle of the Australian continent, 400 km from Alice Springs. A huge red rock at sunset changes its color from carmine to purple. Its height is 348 m, the circumference of 9km. She was more than 6 million years. Like an iceberg on the surface appears only an eighth of an array. Ayers Rock is the most sacred place for Aboriginal people – white and is revered as a national monument Australians. In ancient times the natives called it Uluru. Currently, he is under their control.
In 1872 first European explorer Ernest Giles saw the rock through the haze Salt Lake Amadeus. Even the Europeans will not remain indifferent at the sight of this sacred place, try to penetrate the mysteries of the mighty monolith, one of the sources of Aboriginal mythology.
Aborigines never climb Ayers Rock, this is not said in their "Time of Dreams". Old rock seems to be completely smooth, but its base is indented hidden caves, Aboriginal people have served long for ritual and religious ceremonies on the Rainbow Serpent. Their walls are covered with rock art from time immemorial. Until now, the mother imps on the sand drawings to tell the children the legend of the "Dreamtime", explaining how a viper came spines and why the emu can not fly.
In some places forbidden to photograph.
The rock is incredibly beautiful at sunset. First dusk descend on the desert plateau, and the sun's rays illuminate only the blood-red monolith, it is lit in the glow of this magical spotlight and then immersed in a purple velvet night.
Most tourists go up early in the morning to climb to the monolith before sunrise. Some Aboriginal people it seems a sacrilege. However, with the height of a beautiful view. Toured the bus around the rock, you will discover many sacred places, where there are Aboriginal rock paintings.
The rock is located in 18km from the tourist village, surrounded by a park. The entrance to the village is worth $ 10A. The rise is quite scary. Count on 2h. the road back and forth with the rest to overcome the 1,6 km from bottom to top. From 10.00 to 16.00, when the temperature in the shade exceeds 38s, the rise is prohibited. Be sure to potable water and a hat.
Around half a hundred miles from Ayers Rock, that the Australian standards – very close – there is another no less unique natural creation – Rock Olgas – Kata Tjuta or, as it is called the local Aborigines who speak the language Pitjanjatjara. Being part included in the UNESCO World Heritage National Park, Uluru – Kata Tjuta, Olgas – a cluster of massive rounded rocks, even more enigmatic and mysterious. And although the geological point of view of their origin seems clear and understandable to those ancient Aboriginal rock towering over the endless desert plains, are still mysterious legacy of the mysterious past of their ancestors.
Aborigines hold a lot of legends and giving the Red Heart of Australia, who came to them from ancient times dreams. If you show interest, you can spend the day talking with Aboriginal guides who will tell you their stories, show the holy places in the vicinity of Ayers Rock, will talk about the traditional way of life, how they hunt, gather food, which you seem inedible, like looking for water and how to survive in the wilderness of their tribesmen.