Sunset at Uluru
Northern Territory
Ayers Rock - Uluru to Aborigines - is the most visited site in Australia, an eerily beautiful domed sandstone rock rising from the desert floor in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory. A scared site for the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara aborigines, it's at its most beautiful at sunset, when the suns rays turn minerals in the rock such a blinding red-rust colour that it glows like the burning ember of a meteor plunged to earth. The intense red contrasts with blinding blue sky above, and when the sun slowly sinks down, shadows from the domed surface stretch out across the earth and make the rock glow even brighter. Walk around the stone and you will find caves, springs, waterholes and ancient rock paintings, but it's worth remembering that Aborigines would rather you didn't climb the rock, out of respect. Seeing the sunset from the base of the rock, glass of wine in hand and a picnic spread before you, makes that an easy choice.
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