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Category Archives: Uluru
Excess
INXS was playing in the lobby as I checked out of the Ayers Rock Resort, of course. Still peak Australia.
Idiot
Years of study and what was the most useful thing I learned in film school? The dolley counter zoom? No. The Kuleshov Effect? No. How to overexpose film stock to create pseudo-solarization? No. Before leaving a location you’ve filmed at, you look … Continue reading
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Nausica
This pass in Kata Tjuta is known as the Valley of the Winds.And, yes, the wind blows through the pass & the trees mellifluously.
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Bornhardt
The local Pitjantjatjara people call this rock formation Kata Tjuta, but it is also known as “The Olgas” because in 1873 the tallest peak was christened Mt. Olga after Queen Olga of Württemberg (daughter of Tsar Nicholas I.)Unlike Uluru, which is an inselberg, Kata … Continue reading
Cladodes
One of the shifts in environment that I noticed driving to Uluru from the South Australia was the how tangled shrubbery gave way to these trees, which looked to me to be some sort of pine. However, I learned that … Continue reading
Dawn
Looking out at the southeastern face of Uluru with the sun just starting to rise behind me.Just off to the left, in the far distance, you can see Kata Tjuta which is the other major rock formation in this otherwise … Continue reading
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Silhouette
The silhouette of Uluru from the northwest with the sun just about to rise behind it.
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Buddy
My sister once told me, “I know Orion! He’s my buddy! He comes out for my birthday!” Nice to see something familiar in a usually unfamiliar sky.
Going
Looking out at the northwest face of Uluru with the sun setting behind me.Going…Going…Gone.
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Beelzebub
I always have two thoughts when I’m watching movies set in The Outback: Man, they sure do like cutting to shots of lizards Why does everyone have flies on their faces all the time? I now have answers: The lizards … Continue reading
Sacred
Uluru is sacred to the local Aṉangu tribe, the Pitjantjatjara people, and the site’s creation & texture are accounted for in their myths.A chain was hammered into the rock in 1964 to aid Westerners in climbing to the top, even though climbing … Continue reading
Rules
You can’t tag me because I’m touching Uluru and Uluru is safe.
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Arkose
Uluru is composed of a type of sandstone called arkose.The surface of which has oxidized to its rusty color.It is pockmarked with caves and crevices.Some of which trigger my trypophobia.(Shudder.)Another plane flying high over the Outback triggers another thought of … Continue reading
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Conflicted
I’ve driven deep into the heart of the Australian continent, thousands of kilometers, only to discover that I’ve ended up in fucking Disney World. In 1973, the Australian government relocated & concentrated all lodging facilities around Uluru to the newly-formed … Continue reading
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Inselberg
At some point in my distant childhood, I developed a fascination with Ayers Rock (which was so named in 1873 by an Australian surveyor after then Premier and Chief Secretary of South Australia Sir Henry Ayers although properly known by it’s … Continue reading