Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park was inscribed in the
UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in 1987 with these words: this park, formerly called
Uluru (Ayers Rock – Mount Olga) National Park, features spectacular geological
formations that dominate the vast red sandy plain of central Australia. Uluru, an immense monolith, and Kata Tjuta, the rock domes
located west of Uluru, form part of the traditional belief system of one of the oldest
human societies in the world. The traditional owners of Uluru-Kata Tjuta are
the Anangu Aboriginal people.
Kata Tjuta is a group of more than
30 rounded red conglomerate masses of rock rising out of the desert plain in the Northern
Territory of Australia, it meaning many heads to the Australian Aborigines, it have been
sacred to the Aborigines since time immemorial, Aborigines identify Mount Olga as the home
of the snake Wanambi. A popular track called "Valley of the Winds Walk", a
seven-kilometre loop trail which takes about two hours, or the five-kilometre “there
and back” walk to a pass between two domes.
Mount Olga, Kata Tjuta National
Park, Northern Territory, Australia.
Mount Olga, Kata Tjuta National
Park, Northern Territory, Australia.
Mount Olga at sunrise, Kata Tjuta
National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.
Mount Olga at sunrise, Kata Tjuta
National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.
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