Tourists still free to climb Uluru

TOURISTS will be able to climb the World Heritage-listed Uluru for several years to come, after Environment Minister Peter Garrett deferred a decision to ban people from climbing the rock.

Selfless life of teaching and caring for children off the beaten track

JOAN EILEEN ASHTON TEACHER 11-12-1920 €” 10-7-2009

We'll box smarter, vows GPT in wake of $1.2b half-year hit

THE GPT Group has reported a $1.19 billion loss for the half year to June 30, up from a year ago, but has vowed it intends to "get better, not bigger".

Azaria lawyer 'a loss to Australia'

IT WAS dubbed Australia's "trial of the century" and John Harber Phillips was charged with defending the woman at the heart of it, Lindy Chamberlain.

Climbing Uluru triggers views far and wide ... but no answers

I have no particular desire to climb Uluru, but I grow tired of people such as Steve Ellis (Letters, July 10) saying it should be banned because it is the equivalent of a church.

The rock belongs to all Australia

Australians are becoming weary of the double standards, policy failure and empty symbolism that have long accompanied government attempts to redress the needs of our indigenous people.

Ban proposal signals end to climbing season at Uluru

DEFYING death, the elements and the wishes of indigenous people, tourists climb Australia's most famous rock at a rate of more than 250 people a day.

The Uluru ascent: steep, strenuous and set to be sanctioned

DEFYING death, nature and the wishes of Aborigines, more than 250 tourists climb Australia's most renowned rock each day. But a draft management plan released yesterday proposes a ban on climbing Uluru, to be in force within 10 years.

Aboriginal Communities In Bid For Resort

A CONSORTIUM formed by Grant Samuel Corporate Finance, three Aboriginal communities and a former property manager have emerged as possible buyers of GPT's $439 million Ayers Rock Resort at Uluru. Wayne Kirkpatrick - the former manager of the resort - it is seeking to form a consortium to bid for Ayers Rock Resort. Wana Ungkunytja represents the Aboriginal communities of Mutitjulu, Imanpa and Kaltukatjara from the Central Australian region surrounding Uluru.

Resort Sale To Help Gpt Out Of Red

A CONSORTIUM formed by Grant Samuel Corporate Finance, three Aboriginal communities and a former property manager has emerged as a possible buyer of GPT's $439 million Ayers Rock Resort at Uluru.

Qantas Route Cuts A Blip On Buoyant Hotel Horizon

NEWS that Qantas is cutting the number of flights to some parts of Australia, including the Northern Territory, is a blow for hotel operators. Owner-operator GPT's Ayers Rock Resort could suffer as it is already under pressure from falling international visitor numbers and the stronger Australian dollar.

No Hope For Baby Taken By Dingo At Ayers Rock

THE search for a baby snatched by a wild dog late on Sunday will continue at first light today in the shadow of Ayers Rock.

Honoring Rock Legends

Climbing gives way to other forms of appreciation. By Paul Robinson. AAT Kings' five-day Red Centre Getaway is priced from $1465 per person twin-share (land content only, departing weekly). Tours stay one night at Alice Springs Resort, one night at Kings Canyon Resort and two nights at Sails in the Desert-Ayers Rock Resort. Price includes breakfast and dinner. Also included are a guided Uluru base walking tour and sunset visit, a trip to Standley Chasm, Simpsons Gap and the West McDonnell Ranges, an excurs

Moonface & The Rock

IT WAS a meeting of Australian icons. Bert Newton and Uluru. Moonface and The Rock. And there was Patti, too, constantly at Bert's side, a sort of Olgas to Bert's Ayers Rock. We were invited to Uluru for the weekend, for the unveiling of a new partnership between Bert and Patti and coach touring

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