Ozandy,

As CJ notes, Uluru has been recognised as the exclusive property of the people of the area, the traditional owners of the entire area, who have leased it back to the CCNT. You are free to use it on their terms, much as you are free to make use of St Peter's Cathedral or the Opera House or the house next door - on the owners' terms.

Personally, I am uneasy with anybody climbing Uluru, even if the owners approve - just pay your $ 25 and drive or walk around it, that should be enough. Enjoy it for what it is, a place of beauty and grandeur, not as some sort of wild place to conquer.

Joe

Fair enough.
I guess I have a problem with this "ownership", much as I'd have a problem with someone "owning" Sydney Harbour or Kakadu.
In the legal sense then I guess it *is* private property. Now we just need to decide which Aboriginal people to listen to...
I still reckon someone would get upset no matter what, and their targets are often too trivial to take too seriously!

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Last time I was there ,about 2003 the "Please don't climb" Sign was not big enough or convincing enough .

CJ -$50.00 to climb Uluru sounds good - it may steady the climbers up a bit but not enough in my book .

What about $100.00 plus a 1 hour Cultural Session [Free]- and then you pay your money if you want to to proceed .

But really, it is simply poor form and insensitive to Climb - it's obvious.

However around here, the Bogans,the rednecks and a fair few well heeled others still roll their eyes when it is suggested it is inappropriate and insensitive to climb and it is their Religious Monument - not ours.

Old Attitudes die hard,particularly in the bush.

Uluru may be an important climb for some non Indigenous Bogans and Rednecks or even uninformed Travellers, but it is definitely Not a Religious Icon in the Indigenous sense and thus the Traditional Owners wishes should be respected .

TTM,

Perhaps you could substantiate that the indigenous religion is 60 000 yrs older. Have you any records? Please try not to insult our intelligences.

CJ

If the anangu have leased out the land, until such time as the lease expires they legally have little say.