The sun is setting on Uluru as rangers officially close the climbing trail for the very last time, with a ban coming into effect tomorrow. Park rangers have done a final sweep and the climb is now ...

The decision to stop people from scaling Uluru has divided the nation. But there’s a reason why many Aussies still want to climb. And while the vast majority of locals support the controversial move ...

The sun has set on the final day of climbing at Uluru. While many respect the decision, some tourists have lashed out.

About 100,000 people make the ascent each year but the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park board of management last year called for an end to the practice. National Parks had wanted to close the climb out ...

TO CLIMB or not to climb? It is the question that is dividing Australia — and at the heart of it sits our most treasured national icon. It’s packed out with tourists from around the world who’ve ...

Many tourists see it as a personal challenge to climb to the top of one of Australia’s most famous landmarks but this is why it’s so controversial. It’s probably a common feeling among Australians who ...

International and Australian operators have to be weaned off selling a climb of Uluru as an attraction to visitors, an inbound tourism industry conference has been told. The day will come when people ...

Tourists are reportedly swarming to Uluru in huge numbers in an apparent bid to check "climb the rock" off of their bucket list before the activity is formally outlawed this coming October. A photo ...

CLIMBING Uluru is on the verge of being banned, with the number of visitors scaling the sacred rock plummeting in the past two years. In 2010, 38 per cent of visitors climbed, but a survey in June ...

Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett yesterday approved a management plan for Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, which declares closing the climb to be the ultimate goal but sets out reduced ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is entitled to speak out on the closing of the Uluru climb like any other ...