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Old 23-10-2007, 09:32 PM
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Aires Rock

Is it worth going all that way to aires rock in the middle of the desert. I hear that it is now very commercial and not really a spiritual place, so you should only go if you want to see a strange rock sticking up out of the flat terrain

Has anybody been there and would you recommend it or go there again?
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Old 24-10-2007, 04:22 PM
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No, like you I suspect that it will be covered with tourists most of the time. Applies to so many totemic places - and why places like Stonehenge have to be locked up! I think there is no way that you can get the "feel" for these places unless you're alone or in a group of friends ... Sad but true.

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Is it worth going all that way to aires rock in the middle of the desert. I hear that it is now very commercial and not really a spiritual place, so you should only go if you want to see a strange rock sticking up out of the flat terrain

Has anybody been there and would you recommend it or go there again?
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Uluru

Ayres Rock is a sacred site for Aboriginal tribes, and has reverted back Aboriginal name of Uluru, which means Great Pebble! It has great spiritual meaning and each feature of the rock has a meaning in 'Tjukurpa' or Dreamtime, the traditional Anangu law that explains how the world was created.
The caves in the rock have been decorated with Aboriginal paintings and prehistoric art, some of which indicate such things as the whereabouts of water and other vital information, others were painted for religious purposes and as a means of both storytelling and for a culture with no written language to teach and record its history.
Uluru must be one of the earth's great natural wonders. Consisting of mineral rich sandstone, Uluru measures 2.4km (1.5 miles) long and 1.6km (1 mile) wide and rises up to 867 metres above sea level.
It must be fantastic to see in the flesh - but like Paul says how on earth would you be able to take it all in and feel the spiritual effects with everyone else around.
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