Ayers Rock or Uluru?

[Zebra]

which name do you prefer?

i wonder what Australians think.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

It means more to the Aboriginal people than it does to Australians. In the end it really doesn't matter people are going to call it whatever they want.

 

[JGalt]

Never heard of either one. But if it were up to me, I'd call it "Big ******* Hill Out In The Middle Of Nowhere."

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

which name do you prefer?

i wonder what Australians think.

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Either one. I don't live there.


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[TroglocratsRdumb]

Enchanted Rock Texas

 

[zaangalewa]

Ayers Rock or Uluru?

Yes.

 

[fncceo]

If it doesn’t have a five-star resort and room service, who gives a dingo’s fetid kidney?

 

[westwall]

Never heard of either one. But if it were up to me, I'd call it "Big ******* Hill Out In The Middle Of Nowhere."

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I climbed it years ago. Now only aboriginals are allowed to climb it.

 

[Zebra]

I climbed it years ago. Now only aboriginals are allowed to climb it.

why is that so.?

 

[westwall]

why is that so.?

The aboriginal peoples consider it sacred, so the government no longer allows tourists to climb it.

 

[Zebra]

The aboriginal peoples consider it sacred, so the government no longer allows tourists to climb it.

and aboriginal tourists?

 

[westwall]

and aboriginal tourists?

Aboriginals are never tourists.

 

[Zebra]

Aboriginals are never tourists.

some day they will be ....

 

[westwall]

some day they will be ....

Nope.

 

[Zebra]

Nope.

yep ...

 

[westwall]

yep ...

So long as they exist they will never be tourists, but you do you.

 

[Zebra]

So long as they exist they will never be tourists, but you do you.

ok!

 

[ThirdTerm]

It's owned by Aboriginals after an agreement with the government and they also own more than 50% of the land in Northern Territory that is largely barren and uninhabitable. Non-aboriginals are concentrated in Darwin. Aussies are really keen on respecting Aboriginals' land rights unlike South Africans. Sometimes there is too much respect for their culture.

 

[Papageorgio]

which name do you prefer?

i wonder what Australians think.

Gertrude, the perfect name.

 

[Crepitus]

which name do you prefer?

i wonder what Australians think.

Who named it first?