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Sat 03 Mar 2010In the red heart of the outback
A sacred site for Aborigines, Uluru – aka Ayers Rock – is also an increasingly big draw for visitors. Hours even from Alice Springs, it stands in a national park whose towering sandstone will leave you in awe, writes PAUL CULLEN
FOR A PLACE that has built its name on hard-to-get-to middle-of- nowhereness, this is a pretty strange sight. Here I am, having travelled 16,000km to Australia’s supposedly remote Red Centre, and what do I find but hundreds of other visitors milling around in the desert.
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