WHY IS ULURU FAMOUS?????????????????

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Elizabeth

Uluru - probably the best known natural landmark in Australia.
Uluru - famous for its ever changing colours particularly at sunrise and sunset.
Uluru - the world's largest monolith.
Uluru - Aboriginal sacred site.
Uluru - height 348 metres (1142 ft) above the surrounding countryside, has an area of 3.33 sq. km (1.2 sq miles) and a circumference of 9.4 km (5.8 miles), rises out of the flat desert landscape of Central Australia.

tamara m

because it is the biggest rock in the world!

tuppenybitz

Wayne there are no maori in australia

Bingalee

It is the biggest monolith in the world for one thing. It is a sacred site to the aboriginals in Australia & has always been a popular tourist destination here.

Kelly's Belly

It's that huge rock--Ayer's Rock--in Australia in the middle of nowhere. It's red. Get to Wiki.

Lisa

whoever said that its "significant to the Maori"

LOL!!!

â™¥liv

It's the biggest monolith (single rock) in the world. It has significance to the ABORIGINAL people of outback Australia, not the Maoris of NZ, although not as much as many people think. Back in the 80s a lady Lindy Chamberland was camping there and her baby was taken and eaten by a dingo and she went to jail for murder. Now, it's quite funny, there's signs up at Yulara (uluru campsite/hotel) saying 'watch out for dingoes, they're dangerous - especially to children'.
Personally, I think Kata Tjuta is cooler - look it up, kinda similar to Uluru, but heaps of rocks not just the one...if wasn't so close to uluru (like 20km or something) it'd be a huge deal, but noone cares cos everyone comes to see ayers rock. It's also a much better walk/climb.

frogshipp

Hugest attraction in Australia...largest Monolith go to www.atn.com.au/nt/south/uluru.htm

rustupd

it is a bloody big rock in the middle of nowhere

Mel

Because it's a bloody big rock! It's a natural formation that's been there for thousands of years.

cc_of_0z

1. famous crime scene for the Azaria Chamberlain criminal case "a dingo's got my baby" fame.

2. Huge monolith rock that stands out from the rest of the desert plain. Geologically it is the worlds largest single rock.

3. Famous for the way it changes shades of colour throughoutt the course of any given day in all kinds of hues.

4. Centre of many Central Australian Aboriginal tribes religious beliefs and history concerning the "dreamtime"

note to other answerers: The Maori are indigenous to New Zealand not Australia.

Supermassive Black Hole

Who???

waynebudd

It rocks!!! A famous volcanic outcropping in the middle of a wasteland. It has huge religious significance to the Maori... they would rather no one tries to climb it.

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