Page 8 - Southern Exposure - September '23

Page 8, Southern Exposure

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Uluru: Red Center Of The Australian Continent

Previously submitted by the late Don Kiselewski, MCC, D.S., Palm Beach Gardens Travel Leaders

There is perhaps no place Minister, Sir Henry
on earth that leaves a more Ayers. Today, most
indelible impression in the of the world refers
mind than the geology of to the world’s largest
Australia. The land at the monolith as Ayers
center of the country, in Rock, however,
the southern portion of the Australian maps still
Northern Territory, is truly use the Aboriginal
unique. The perimeter of the name, Uluru (the
continent starts with light monolith itself) and
shades of tan that meet the Kata Tjuta (the rock
blue ocean water. From the domes located west
outer perimeter, moving toward the center of the country, of Uluru).
the sandy soil intensifies with redder and redder hues It is in these harsh Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock)
of color until, at the center of the continent, the earth surroundings that the
has turned to blood red. The surface of this vast area, Aborigines made their home, starting some 20,000 years protected the artwork for these many thousands of years.
affectionately referred to by the locals as the Outback, is ago. Recent findings, still in the process of being re- Life in this barren wasteland was far from simple.
broken by strange rock formations, completing the intrigue confirmed by carbon dating, place this civilization some The women, who were the gatherers and diggers, soon
of the area. 130,000 years ago. The people who then lived at the stripped the area of edible berries and fruits. They used
The flat surfaces of the area have been touched by a base of these huge monoliths were hunters and gatherers. their digging sticks to break the surface of the earth in
smattering of trees, small scrubs and needle-sharp plugs Traveling in bands of 20 to 30 people, they left their marks
of grass. The tallest of the trees is no more than 20 feet, at the base of the rocks, in caves and overhangs that have Travel on page 9
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 You’re retired.
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