Uluru

Uluru By Toby and Lachlan
Uluru is the tallest rock in Australia. It is 348 metres high and 9 kilometres around. Uluru is 300 million years old. It was named after the Premier of South Australia, Sir Henry Ayers. In 1950 the area was declared as the Ayers Rock National Park. Since then it has been handed back to the Aborigines who gave it the aboriginal name of Uluru. During the day Uluru changes colour.	You can see Uluru changing colors during the day.
	Location Uluru is near the the border of the Northern Territory. It is about 75 kilometres from the South Australia border. Its nearest town is about 470 kilometres northeast, known as Alice Springs.
Uluru is the world's largest single round shaped sandstone rock. The surface of Uluru is covered with flaky thin sheets of rock curled up around the surface. Some people think the thin layer of Uluru is like giant corn flakes. The rock is a reddish colour due to rusting in the rock. At the top of Uluru there are small and large rock pools. Uluru stands in a hollow in the swirling winds and sands of the desert.
A tourist resting on the climb up Uluru	Tourists from around the world visit Uluru so that they can climb the rock. There are metal chains to help people climb it, because it is very steep. Climbing Uluru is very much discouraged, but it is not banned yet. The Anagu people are deeply offended by people climbing Uluru.
HISTORY: Approximately 300 million years ago Uluru was part of the ocean floor at the center of Australia. There are many grooves and holes on the surface of the rock, which have been formed by the erosion caused by winds and rain.
Aboriginal Rock Painting	ABORIGINAL PEOPLE: On October the 26 1985 the Anangu people were given back their land. Uluru is the aboriginal name for the massive formation that used to be know as Ayers Rock. There are some high caves near the north Eastern and western faces of Uluru and some more caves which are near the base of Uluru.