Comments on: Uluru http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/23/uluru/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Peter http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/23/uluru/comment-page-1/#comment-7738 Peter Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:39:23 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=351#comment-7738 <p>I have been to uluru 4 times, its a amazing place, now for this "compatition" of how hot we all walked around it, i walked around it when it was 45 Celsius (113 - Farenheit) ... with a 10kg back pack... 3 people passed out on that walk...</p> I have been to uluru 4 times, its a amazing place, now for this “compatition” of how hot we all walked around it, i walked around it when it was 45 Celsius (113 – Farenheit) … with a 10kg back pack… 3 people passed out on that walk…

]]> By: ray hollis http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/23/uluru/comment-page-1/#comment-3289 ray hollis Fri, 24 Jun 2005 08:26:11 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=351#comment-3289 Uluru is made of sandstone. See for example: http://www.ayersrockresort.com.au/geology/ Uluru is made of sandstone. See for example: http://www.ayersrockresort.com.au/geology/

]]> By: Yehudit http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/23/uluru/comment-page-1/#comment-3285 Yehudit Fri, 24 Jun 2005 03:39:36 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=351#comment-3285 http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.502338,-98.819962&spn=0.032401,0.031457&t=k&hl=en Enchanted Rock is smaller, but still impressive, I think. A giant granite basolith - is that what Uluru is too? Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Enchanted Rock is smaller, but still impressive, I think. A giant granite basolith – is that what Uluru is too?

]]> By: Charles http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/23/uluru/comment-page-1/#comment-3280 Charles Fri, 24 Jun 2005 02:18:07 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=351#comment-3280 james, as far as i know, the name has be uluru for thousands of years, and the government of australis does not hold claim to the naming rights. the park is now a joint venture between the state government and a consortium of aboriginal tribes from the area. phil, i was there in jan. 2002 and it was even hotter! and we met david byrne from the talking heads, going on a jog! kinda surreal. james, as far as i know, the name has be uluru for thousands of years, and the government of australis does not hold claim to the naming rights. the park is now a joint venture between the state government and a consortium of aboriginal tribes from the area.

phil, i was there in jan. 2002 and it was even hotter! and we met david byrne from the talking heads, going on a jog! kinda surreal.

]]> By: Phil http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/23/uluru/comment-page-1/#comment-3279 Phil Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:01:23 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=351#comment-3279 The green around the edges is actually vegetation; there are all kinds of nooks and crannies around the edges containing waterfalls, pools, streams, etc., which feed a lot of foliage around the base. I visited there four years ago, on a tour with about 15 friends, and we walked the entire circumference beginning around 6:00am. Took us about three hours to do the whole walk, and it was well over 90F by the time we finished. (This was in November 2001.) The green around the edges is actually vegetation; there are all kinds of nooks and crannies around the edges containing waterfalls, pools, streams, etc., which feed a lot of foliage around the base.

I visited there four years ago, on a tour with about 15 friends, and we walked the entire circumference beginning around 6:00am. Took us about three hours to do the whole walk, and it was well over 90F by the time we finished. (This was in November 2001.)

]]> By: James http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/23/uluru/comment-page-1/#comment-3272 James Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:57:19 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=351#comment-3272 It has always been called Uluru by the Aborigines but the European settlers called it "Ayers Rock". In the 1980s the government agreed to use Uluru as its official name. It has always been called Uluru by the Aborigines but the European settlers called it “Ayers Rock”. In the 1980s the government agreed to use Uluru as its official name.

]]> By: . http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/23/uluru/comment-page-1/#comment-3267 . Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:19:16 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=351#comment-3267 Why did they change the name to Uluru? Why did they change the name to Uluru?

]]> By: Aaron http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/23/uluru/comment-page-1/#comment-3264 Aaron Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:34:28 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=351#comment-3264 it's glowing green because that's where the UFOs are when they aren't tailing planes in FL and CA it’s glowing green because that’s where the UFOs are when they aren’t tailing planes in FL and CA

]]> By: Luke http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/23/uluru/comment-page-1/#comment-3263 Luke Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:21:35 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=351#comment-3263 Anyone know why it seems to glow green around the edges? It makes it look kinda photoshopped in. Anyone know why it seems to glow green around the edges? It makes it look kinda photoshopped in.

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