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Australian region makes vaccine mandatory for service workers
AFP, Published on 13/10/2021
» SYDNEY - Shopworkers, tourist guides and barbers are among dozens of groups who must get Covid-19 shots to work in Australia's Northern Territory, officials announced Wednesday, unveiling one of the world's most far-reaching vaccine mandates.
Google removes street view virtual tour of Australia's Uluru
AFP, Published on 25/09/2020
» SYDNEY: Google has removed images from its Street View that allowed users to virtually walk on Australia's Uluru, a sacred Aboriginal site closed to tourists since last year, the company said Friday.
Last climbers descend Uluru
Published on 25/10/2019
» ULURU, Australia: The last climbers on Uluru made their descent on Friday and a crowd of locals cheered as a sign announcing the “permanent closure” to climbers was erected at the base of the iconic Australian monolith.
Tourists flock to Australia's Uluru for last ever climb
AFP, Published on 25/10/2019
» ULURU (AUSTRALIA) - Hundreds of tourists flocked to Uluru Friday for one last chance to climb the sacred site ahead of a ban, despite heavy winds preventing early attempts to scale the giant red monolith.
Tourists rush to Uluru before Australia bans climbing it
AFP, Published on 10/10/2019
» SYDNEY: Large numbers of tourists are rushing to scale Uluru - formrly known as Ayers Rock - ahead of an approaching ban on climbing the giant red monolith, which is sacred to indigenous Australians.
World's longest electric road trip ends
Reuters, Published on 19/07/2019
» WELLINGTON: A Dutch sustainability advocate completed the longest ever journey in an electric vehicle in New Zealand on Friday after a three-year drive that took him through more than 30 countries.
Australian father rescues toddler from dingo's jaws
AFP, Published on 19/04/2019
» SYDNEY: A father rescued his son from a dingo's jaws after the infant was dragged from a campervan at an Australian tourist island, authorities said Friday, in the third such attack this year.
Australia's famed Uluru to be closed to climbers
Reuters, Published on 01/11/2017
» SYDNEY: Australia's world-famous Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, will be closed to climbers from 2019, its management board said on Wednesday, ending a decades-long campaign by Aborigines to protect their scared monolith in the Northern Territory.
Where gods dwell
Christopher Lombardi, Special publications, Published on 31/10/2017
» These faith-inspired sites represent some of history's most important cultural, artistic and architectural achievements.
Lure of Australia's Uluru hard to resist
AFP, Published on 01/10/2016
» ULURU (AUSTRALIA) - The urge to scramble up Uluru, the great red rock rising out of Australia's desert heart, is difficult to resist for many tourists, despite the risk of upsetting the local Aboriginal people.