SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT ULURU

Alice Springs, the nearest town, is 468 km away to the north-east, more than a five-hour journey by car. Uluru doesn’t always look like the postcards: its appearance depends on where you’re standing and the quality of the light. Walking around in the heat, flies and dust, it’s hard to imagine it rains out here – but it does: about 300mm a year, often in heavy downpours between November and March. What you see is just like the tip of an iceberg. This arkose sandstone inselberg extends several kilometres below the ground. Kata-Tjuta is only about 25km away and you can see its stunning rock domes from almost anywhere at Uluru when you look to the west.…

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Australian Geographic (Digital) - 1 Issue, July/August 2019

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