Uluru: Australia’s Mythic Monolith

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  @StevenKluber · 6 years ago

  Also yields +2 Culture, +2 Faith, and +4 Appeal to each adjacent tile.

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  @Heffsta02 · 6 years ago

  As an Anangu, I applaud the effort to say the Indigenous names despite how badly they're butchered haha.

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  @Madnessofmusic · 6 years ago (edited)

  -Spend time hunting emu<br>-this would be his downfall.<br><br>Many thousands of years later:<br>-Australian army tries to fight emus<br>-loses<br><br><br>Do Australians never learn?

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  @smeva26 · 6 years ago

  I went there when I was a kid, out there everything is so flat it’s not funny, there’s no trees and you can’t even see the horizon because the heat turns it to a blur. So seeing Uluru is that much more impactful, and the photos absolutely do not ever do it justice for its size. I don’t recall the sun changing it’s colours but I believe it, one night in the same area I saw the sand glow at sunset, it seemed so supernatural to see so I definitely believe it when they say it glows.

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  @mattbarneveld815 · 5 years ago

  On a visit to Uluru, it was explained to us (by park rangers who are traditional owners) that another reason the Anungu people didn&apos;t like tourists climbing Uluru was that, as custodians of the land, they feel a deep and profound responsibility for anyone who dies climbing the monolith which was not an uncommon outcome. Be it from falling, heatstroke or heart attacks from the stress of the climb, many have lost their lives over the years.

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  @sunisbest1234 · 5 years ago (edited)

  As a non-indigenous Australian, having finally got to Uluru years after I planned, I was in absolute awe at the size, but, more than that, the feel of the whole place. This is indeed a very sacred place. My whole being recognised and felt it.

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  @sophroniel · 1 year ago

  My dad told me about how he visited Uluru (he&apos;s a geologist) and how he went there initially to climb it (this was in the early 90&apos;s) but when he actually got there he felt strongly that he shouldn&apos;t, that it was somehow too sacred. He said he, to his surprise, actually felt disgusted at the thought of anyone climbing it, but he couldn&apos;t say why, just that it felt wrong. Looking back, he&apos;s very glad he didn&apos;t climb it, learning later on how it is held sacred by the indigenous people of the area.

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  @MooseJoose34 · 6 years ago

  Try asking an Aussie on how to say Uluru, Oo-loo-roo

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  @garymaidman625 · 5 years ago

  There is a site in Victoria, Australia, fairly close to the city of Melbourne. This site is called Wurdi Youang. It is a group of stones arranged in a certain pattern, so much so that it is called Australia&apos;s Stonehenge. It is so old though, at approximately 11000 years old, that it would be more accurate to call Stonehenge England&apos;s Wurdi Youang. It is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory in the world. The travesty is that very very few Australians even know of it&apos;s existence.

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  @lockedinreason · 1 year ago

  Man I&apos;m Australian and 63 years old. &nbsp;I was raised with these stories but hearing the mythology story as told by you I felt even prouder of my country&apos;s First People. &nbsp;That story, despite you saying it was only the parts that weren&apos;t too sacred to tell, was as amazing as the geological story. &nbsp;I have been to Uluru and climbed it; that was a long time ago and before I truly understood the spiritual importance of it to our First People. &nbsp;I would not insult them again by doing that. You are right that it is massive and my imagination can barely comprehend how big it is in total. &nbsp;Anyway, this is one of your best videos yet and that&apos;s saying something as I&apos;ve seen countless dozens of them. &nbsp;This is 4 years old so I know you will never see this comment but I felt it important to write this anyway. &nbsp;Keep up your amazing work mate.

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  @danielwebb9868 · 6 years ago

  Is any other Aussie here cringing everytime he says &quot;Uluru&quot;. No offence, love your vids

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  @callabeth258 · 6 years ago

  Any other Aussies correcting Simon every time he says uleweru instead of oo-la-roo?

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