Ayers Rock - Uluru 1995 "The Red Center"
Uluru (Ayers Rock) is one of Australia's most recognisable natural icons. The world-renowned sandstone formation stands 348 m (1,142 ft) high (863 m/2,831 ft above sea level) with most of its bulk below the ground, and measures 9.4 km (5.8 mi) in circumference Uluru, is in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. It lies 335 km (208 mi) south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs; 450 km (280 mi) by road.
We stayed at Sails in the Desert: http://www.ayersrockresort.com.au/sails/
Ayers Rock received it's name, on 19 July 1873, when surveyor William Gosse visited Uluṟu and named it Ayers Rock in honour of the then-Chief Secretary of South Australia, Sir Henry Ayers
Read MoreWe stayed at Sails in the Desert: http://www.ayersrockresort.com.au/sails/
Ayers Rock received it's name, on 19 July 1873, when surveyor William Gosse visited Uluṟu and named it Ayers Rock in honour of the then-Chief Secretary of South Australia, Sir Henry Ayers
Ayers Rock, Uluru, Australia. We stayed at: http://www.ayersrockresort.com.au/sails/
We stayed at Sails-in-the-Desert, http://www.ayersrockresort.com.au/sails/
Ayers Rock Airport (Connellan Airport) (AYQ) shown here in 1995, is situated near Yulara, around 463 km (288 mi) (5 hrs drive) away from Alice Springs, Northern Territory, and 20 minutes drive from Uluru (Ayers Rock) : http://ayersrockairport.com/map.html
We stayed a "Sails-In-The-Desert"t; http://www.ayersrockresort.com.au/sails/ We really enjoyed the hotel and used a rental car to get around as we wished and then drove to Alice Springs for our onward flight to Adelaide.