Photo: Emilie Ristevski/Tourism NT
The big red rock in the middle of nowhere has become one of the defining symbols of Australia, to the point where it can single-handedly sustain a tourism industry. The good news is that it doesn t disappoint. Climbing is now, belatedly, banned, but the three to four hours spent walking around the base is one of the most mesmerising schleps in Australia. The colours, the bulges, the caves, the vegetation and the Dreaming stories are all hearteningly surprising. See parksaustralia.gov.au/uluru
Kings Canyon, Northern Territory
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