If you ban it, they will come. That was the case at Uluru, the sacred red rock in Australia’s Northern Territory, where tourists flocked to make a final ascent before a permanent ban on climbing came ...

ULURU, Australia (AP) — Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians’ demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site on Friday when high winds threatened to prematurely end the ...

The long, contentious debate in Australia over the future of the sacred Uluru is over. Climbing the famed Northern Territory site will be banned from October 2019 following a unanimous decision by the ...

A ban on climbing Uluru, the world-famous landmark in the Australian outback, comes into effect this weekend, prompting hundreds of tourists to flock to the holy site on Friday for the last chance to ...

Australia’s National Park Board has voted unanimously to close Uluru, or Ayers Rock, to climbers. The majestic red rock is located in Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in ...

YULARA, Australia, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Australia’s Uluru officially closed to climbers for good on Friday. The permanent ban takes effect after a decades-long fight by indigenous people to close the ...