For decades, hundreds of thousands of visitors to Australia's desert centre have trekked up Uluru, the ancient red monolith formerly known as Ayers Rock. But from Saturday, the climb will be banned.

a red sandstone monolith called Uluru (or Ayers Rock, its colonial name) that towers over the outback’s desert plains. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and sacred to the aboriginal ...

Huge crowds scrambled up Australia's Uluru for the final time on Friday, ahead of a ban on climbing the sacred rock. The giant monolith - once better known to visitors as Ayers Rock - will be ...