The climb up Uluru is closed to the public forever — but the last few people to descend the sacred rock have been blasted as “very selfish”. Speaking on NITV’s special show to celebrate the closure of ...

Uluru-Kata Tjuta Ranger Lynda Wright and Chair of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Council Sidney James clasped hands and celebrated in front of the sign that announced climbing would be closed to tourists. It ...

UPDATE: Four pm was the official cut-off. But at 7pm there were still half a dozen people up there, with a battle of egos, and even a reported ‘cat fight’ to, decide who would be the last climber off ...

The Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Board announced in 2017 that tourists would be banned from climbing the rock on October 26, 2019. The announcement came after it was found that less than 20 per cent ...

It’s one of the world’s most iconic landmarks, holding two heritage site listings and typically drawing thousands from across the globe to Australia’s sunburnt centre. But for the Anangu Traditional ...

Hundreds of Australians and international tourists have climbed Uluru before the ban to protect Australia’s world famous sacred rock kicked in. SEE THE PHOTOS There was not a single last climber, ...

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 ...

Journalist Tony Wright on assignment to cover the closure of the climb at Uluru on Saturday 26 October 2019.Alex Ellinghausen Neither distance nor time feel familiar at Uluru. The dune-strewn desert ...

The highest of the Glass House Mountains is known to local indigenous people as "mother" to the rest of the range.

Media outlets around the world have been reacting to the Uluru climbing ban, with many readers reacting angrily to its treatment. Rangers at the sandstone monolith closed the climb — a decades’ old ...

Greg Elliot, until recently the head ranger at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, personally supervised some of the last days of climbing. He shepherded scores of domestic and international visit­ors ...

Anyone surprised?: "Hoteliers and resort owners working in the shadow of Uluru have been hit by a tourism industry downturn... Filling hotel beds at this time of year is always tough given the ...