You’ve seen it on tea towels, TV ads and kitschy souvenirs. But it’s a good bet that you haven’t seen it up close and personal in all its red-earth glory. Uluru is almost a victim of its iconic status. We Australians know it so well that many of us don’t know it at all.
While international travellers circle the globe to marvel at the icon of the red centre, Australians tend to be blasé about what’s in their own backyard. Perhaps we reckon it’s not going anywhere, and it will still be standing when we finally get around to visiting. Or perhaps it’s the cost of traveling to the heart of the country which keeps it on the back burner. It can, after all, seem cheaper to go to Fiji.
