Uluru used to be known as Ayres Rock it was named by William Gosse in 1873 after Sir Henry Ayers. ‘Uluru’ was the Aboriginal name for this sacred place, and is now the official name.

It is believed the rock was created over some 600 million years, and the Aborigines have been in the area for the last 10,000 years.
It originally sat at the bottom of a sea, but today stands 348m above ground.

The rock is about 3.6kms long and 1.9kms wide, with a circumference of 9.4kms. The climb to the top (which we don’t do any more) is 1.6kms, much of which is at a steep angle, while the summit is generally flat.