Uluru is a giant red rock in the middle of Australia. It is at southern end of the Northern Territory about 75 kilometres from the South Australia border. Its nearest large town Alice Springs is 470 kilometres to the northeast.
Many tourists climb Ayers Rock. They have put signs to show people how to climb the rock and there is a rope to help you get up to the top.

Ayers Rock changes colour during the day. Before sunrise it is grey against the grey sky. At sunset the rock can change in colour from deep red to bright orange to light purple in minutes. The soil around Uluru is red sand for as far as you can see. After heavy rain the sand is covered with wildflowers. The animals that live around Ayers rock are snakes, thorny devils, dingoes and beetles, lizards, mice and goannas. The animals make footprints on the sand.

There are many caves at Ayers Rock. Water dripping through sandstones formed stalactites pointing down from the roof. The Woman's cave is one of the many caverns which at Ayers Rock.

The first person to discover Ayers Rock was a European whose name was Ernest Giles. He saw the rock from the distance in1872, but about one year later, when he was able to visit the rock, he found that William Gosse named Ayers Rock after Sir Henry Ayers, who was the premier of South Australia. William Gosse said that Uluru was ''..... certainly the most wonderful natural feature I have ever seen.''

Long long ago in the Dreamtime the animals gave shape to some of the Rock. At that time a young Woma Python, called Kuniya was surprised by a group of Liru, which are venomous snakes. The Liru threw spears at the python and killed him. So hard did they throw their spears, that the points made holes in The Rock. The boy's aunt, called Kuniya, was so angry that she killed one of the Liru with her stick. They made holes in the rock when the points of Kuniya's stick hit it. You can still see these holes today. Kuniya, the Woma Python can still be seen as a dark wavy line on Uluru.