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The Red Centre, Ayers Rock, the Northern territory

 
 

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The Red Centre, Ayers Rock, the Northern territory

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The Red Centre, Ayers Rock, the Northern territory Ayers Rock, Australia Ayers Rock is a holy site for the Aborigines © Matthias Hillmann - age fotostock

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Right in the middle of the Simpson desert, also known as the Red Centre due to its red sand dunes, is Ayers Rock, the jewel of Australia. This monolith of red sandstone, 600 million years old, is 2 miles long, 1.5 miles wide and 1,148 feet high. Ayers Rock has always been a sacred site for the Aborigines and an object of fascination for visitors due to its imposing shape and subtle colours, which change in accordance with the meteorological conditions. 25 miles from there, the Olga Mounts show what Ayers Rock will be like in a few million years. Apart from the sites of Ayers Rock-Uluru and the Olgas-Kata Tjuta Mounts, the Northern Territory has superb national parks, such as the Nitmiluk-Katherine Gorge National Park with its impressive canyon, or the Kakadu National Park, which is famous for its rocky formations and crocodiles.

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