mjobling
Tourist
Reged: 11/06/05
Posts: 14
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Lovely picture - is there access to the river? I've never found an easy way down there myself.
Here's a piccie of Bird Rock I took looking up the valley from near the river mouth:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/88388174/461610193SYSlqn
Edited by mjobling (11/13/05 03:10 PM)
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KingConn
World Cartographer
Reged: 07/25/05
Posts: 1374
Loc: Lawrenceville
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speaking of monoliths, here's an overlay for the massive relief carving on Stone mountain, the third largest monolith in the world.
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BCAD250
First Post
Reged: 01/22/06
Posts: 1
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Uluru, or Ayers Rock to us non-Aboriginals is between 9 and 10 km around the base on the walking track, and about 270 meters high. It's an absolute marvel to climb. The Aboriginals (not Aborigines) consider it a sacred place, own it, and can decide when to close it. They are called the"Traditional Owners". They'd prefer you not to climb, but if you insist, there is a point where HEAVY chain on posts are drilled into the rock for one to hold onto during your ascent / descent. Yes, I do know something about it, I stayed at Voyages Ayers Rock Resort for 4 days, which is plenty of time to see the rock. Nobody mentions "The Olgas", which are a sister group of also very large rocks nearby, albeit, they are not monoliths but very impressive nonetheless. One thing the sat pic does not show, is the true color of the ground and the rock. It's between bright orange and burnt umber, due to the iron oxide it's made up of.
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lyndafold
Tourist
Reged: 07/23/06
Posts: 27
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This feature is Called Mt Conor and from a distance on the north side you could be forgiven for thinking it is Uluru.
Not rock!!
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Skink
Tourist
Reged: 12/21/06
Posts: 9
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This monolith is Mount Connor, older than Uluru and it is situated on the Curtin Springs cattle station.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Conner
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