Hike In The Land Of Aboriginals And Iconic Monolith

Imagine you live in a very beautiful home, which is featured in number of interior home décor magazines, and your home is publicized, people give acclamations to it, and it get famous. Feels good, you liked it?

Now just imagine those people without your permission keep trespassing your property. And even when you actually say them no, then to they come to stroll and admire the beauty; appreciate it and liking it more. Even the authorities don’t help you? Now does it feel good? Do u still like it?

If you can show respect to your home, and don’t like intruders coming in then why not to the beliefs of aboriginals of Australia who have a belief of this place being sacred.

Let me tell you from begin…

Uluru, second largest single rock in the world, a striking rock monolith, which rises spectacularly from the desert plain also known as Ayers Rock, though with its Aboriginal name Uluru it is more famous and popular tourist attractions.

• Uluru is 348 meters high, somewhat 3.6 km long and 1.9 km wide and 9.4 km around.
• Considered as great wonders of the world. Australia’s natural icon.
• Located on major planetary grid.
• Located in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

• Explorer Ernest Giles remarked it as “the remarkable pebble”.
• Uluru is an inselberg, literally “island mountain”
• Uluru changes the color depending on the time of day and what are the atmospheric conditions, as the rock can dramatically change its color which can be anything from blue to violet to glowing red. There are many avid and passionate photographers who set up for days and to record the many changing colors of Uluru.

Uluru or Ayers Rock is regarded as one of the iconic places to visit in Australia, for its allure is such a force to people, to see this rock in flat desert, with its red walls it is significant landmark in the desert landscape in the vast Australia continent. But this trek is not for some weak heart person, you should be absolutely physically fit, to encounter this place for you hike and trek. It is like a challenge to lot of people coz trekking here is not so easy; it’s tough, more adventurous and stimulating.  It gets strenuous for the climbers, as it is windy and the trek is steep too. Its desert, don’t forget it! The temperature soar high, it’s hot and arid. Be prepared with plenty of water, proper and very good hiking shoes that are meant for this terrain and lots of sunscreen. This place has even seen fatalities and death due heart attack and sun stroke. To make this climb easy, a chain handhold has been added and also has been extended making some half a mile of the climb easy and accessible but still it’s difficult to reach its summit, hike on to its top.

The twist in tale:

The Aborigines have a belief that there is a hollow below ground, and which they say is an energy source which they call it as ‘Tjukurpa’ or the dream time. Coz of this the local Tjukurpa and Anangu people belief this place to be sacred and therefore they don’t climb it, and also ask others not to climb as according to the, Uluru has great spiritual significance. Especially they ask not to climb because their climbing path crosses a sacred “Dreamtime” track, which can only be trekked for ritualistic purpose and no other. It’s the ethical concern of this aboriginals that we should consider, as to this place is of uttermost importance to them. The local people over there also request the tourist not to climb and respect these people’s religious believes. It causes them stress and distress when people climb their dreamtrek. They have put a sign post that request people not to climb it for their religious sake, still people climb it each year, after year. They are not able to stop people or prohibit them from climbing, also the government authorities are not supporting them as this trek attract many tourists to this place and also foreigners who love to see the beauty of Uluru.

The question is asked again? Even though your home is beautiful and best architecture and best of best home décor will you allow strangers get in for the view?

Its time we give this minority aboriginals some respect to their beliefs on which there whole survival depends. We are humans and we should show some humanity by giving them regards by not climbing their sacred place.

Though agreed that it orthodox and superstitious belief that we modern people don’t follow and we should eradicate it, but guys, its there life this people believe it and its time we show them we respect and care.