Page 14 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - September '23

Page 14, Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens
Uluru: Red Center Of The Australian Continent

Previously submitted by the sighted the rock in 1872, he
late Don Kiselewski, MCC, named it for the former South
D.S., Palm Beach Gardens Australia Minister, Sir Henry
Travel Leaders Ayers. Today, most of the
There is perhaps no place world refers to the world’s
on earth that leaves a more largest monolith as Ayers
indelible impression in the Rock, however, Australian
mind than the geology of maps still use the Aboriginal
Australia. The land at the name, Uluru (the monolith
center of the country, in itself) and Kata Tjuta (the
the southern portion of the rock domes located west of
Northern Territory, is truly Uluru).
unique. The perimeter of the continent starts with light It is in these harsh Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock)
shades of tan that meet the blue ocean water. From the outer surroundings that the
perimeter, moving toward the center of the country, the sandy Aborigines made their home, starting some 20,000 years ago. 20 to 30 people, they left their marks at the base of the rocks,
soil intensifies with redder and redder hues of color until, at Recent findings, still in the process of being re-confirmed in caves and overhangs that have protected the artwork for
the center of the continent, the earth has turned to blood red. by carbon dating, place this civilization some 130,000 years these many thousands of years.
The surface of this vast area, affectionately referred to by the ago. The people who then lived at the base of these huge
locals as the Outback, is broken by strange rock formations, monoliths were hunters and gatherers. Traveling in bands of Uluru on page 15
completing the intrigue of the area.
The flat surfaces of the area have been touched by a
smattering of trees, small scrubs and needle-sharp plugs of
grass. The tallest of the trees is no more than 20 feet, with
the brush not getting much higher than 5 feet. The effect at
the red center becomes one of contrast, with the greenish-
brown surface being penetrated by the blood red, majestic
monoliths of the area.
Uluru is perhaps the most well-known and photographed
of these unique land features. Projecting more than 1,000
feet in the air, the red stone monolith has a circumference
at the base of 9 km. (5.4 miles). When Ernest Giles

These heart-shaped holes in the smooth face of Uluru were
created by erosion.
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