The World Heritage
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

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Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 

Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is 9.4km if you walk around it, and about 345 metres high if you climb it (and is thought to be the tip of a mountain which extends kilometres below the surface). It's 3.6km long, 2km wide, and is roughly oval in shape. It's made of arkosic sandstone, and is renowned for the way it changes colour in the light and is particularlyspectacular at sunrise and sunset.

Uluru is located in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park about 335km to the south-west of Alice Springs in Northern Territory, Australia. The Park is 132,566 hectares in size and is World Heritage listed.

Uluru is the homeland of the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people (also known as Anangu) and was returned to their care and ownership in 1985. The area contains carvings and paintings by Aboriginal people and is also the location of a number of sacred sites which are closed to the public.

The monolith's sandstone has weathered in places to form interesting shapes and caves.

Uluru was named "Ayers Rock" by European explorer William Gosse who sighted it in July 1873. It was named by him for the South Australian premier of the time, Sir Henry Ayers. In 1995 the name of the National Park was changed from Ayers Rock-Mount Olga National Park to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park to acknowledge Anangu ownership and their relationship with the area. (citation:Australian Government cultual and Recreation Potal.

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General Travel Information about Australia

General Travel Information about Australia

 

Size: 4025 km from Sydney, on the east coast, to Perth on the west coast, or about a four-hour flight.
Area: 7,682,300 sq km.
Population: 19, 271 834
Primary Language: English.
States: Six states and two territories.
Most major international air carriers fly to Australia.
International gateways: Sydney, Melbourne, Cairns, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Townsville, Hobart and Darwin.

Flying Time: To Sydney from London or Frankfurt 21 hrs 55 minutes; from Singapore 7 hrs 15 minutes; from Los Angeles 13 hrs 30 minutes.
Some international cruise lines offer stopovers in Australia as part of a world cruise.

Voltage/Electricity : 240 volt with 2 & 3 prong adapters

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blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side quadrant known as the Commonwealth Star, representing the federation of the colonies of Australia in 1901; the star depicts one point for each of the six original states and one representing all of Australia's internal and external territories; the remaining half is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation in white with one small five-pointed star and four larger, seven-pointed stars

 

 

Australia map

Australia map

English conversation(Aussie English)

“G’Day,mate.” (グッダイ マイト)
こんにちは

“Tah” (ター)
Thank you. ありがとう

“arvo” (アーボ) 
午後

“out back” (アウトバック)
オーストラリア内陸部の砂漠地帯

“cuppa” (カパ) 
お茶はいかが? ex:Would you like a cuppa?