On The Rock

IT USED to be symptomatic of two vastly different attitudes to the physical environment in general and the so-called "Red Centre" in particular. For years, visitors to Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock) climbed to the summit of the monolith as if to assert their dominance over a foreign

Fischer's Rock Solid Support

Acting Prime Minister Tim Fischer said he regretted having climbed Uluru in the 1960s and urged other visitors not to climb the Aboriginal sacred site. Mr Fischer was visiting Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, at sunrise on the second day of his gruelling four-day Outback outreach tour. ``It