Uluru Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/uluru/ AUTHOR | SPEAKER | MISSIOLOGIST | AGITATOR Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:11:45 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://i0.wp.com/mikefrost.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-MF.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Uluru Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/uluru/ 32 32 116298986 Tourists are jerks, and we’re all tourists https://mikefrost.net/tourists-are-jerks-and-were-all-tourists/ https://mikefrost.net/tourists-are-jerks-and-were-all-tourists/#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:11:45 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=29127 Uluru is a massive, gorgeous, red sandstone monolith in the heart of Australia’s outback. Named Ayers Rock by white settlers, its deed was officially handed back to the traditional custodians, the Anangu people, in 1985. The Anangu promptly returned the rock to its original name, and installed signs informing tourists that because Uluru is a […]

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