CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - Tourists can carry on climbing Uluru, the massive rock in the heart of the Australia's central red desert, after the Australian government on Friday ruled out banning the ...

Park rangers have done a final sweep and the climb is now officially closed. Form tomorrow, climbing Uluru will be outlawed, exactly 34 years after the land was handed back to traditional owners. The ...

ULURU, Australia (AP) — Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians’ demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site on Friday when high winds threatened to prematurely end the ...

Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, is one of the most iconic natural landmarks in Australia. Rising from the red sands of the Northern Territory, it is a place of deep spiritual significance and ...

Large numbers of tourists are rushing to scale Uluru -- also known as Ayers Rock -- ahead of a looming ban on climbing a site sacred to indigenous Australians. Photographs of hundreds of people ...

Indigenous Australians performed songs and traditional dance as the sun set over Uluru on Sunday, capping a weekend of celebrations to mark the historic ban on climbing the sacred site. The ban on ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian government proposal to stop people from climbing the famed Uluru, in deference to the wishes of indigenous people, sparked debate on Wednesday with lawmakers ...

The long, contentious debate over the future of Australia's sacred Uluru is over. Climbing the famed Northern Territory site will be banned from October 2019 following a unanimous decision by the ...

SYDNEY, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Thousands of people are rushing to climb Australia's Uluru, ignoring the calls of indigenous people to stay off what they consider a sacred monolith, before the ascent is ...