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U.N.E.S.C.O

The 13 Australian sites registered on the Natural Heritage List (and the year of registration) are:
1981 Great Barrier Reef
1981 Kakadu National Park
1981 Willandra Lakes Region
1982 Tasmanian Wilderness
1982 Lord Howe Island Group
1987 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
1987 Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)
1988 Wet Tropics of Queensland
1991 Shark Bay, Western Australia
1992 Fraser Island
1994 Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/Naracoorte)
1997 Heard and McDonald Islands
1997 Macquarie Island

Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory, is in the process of UNESCO listing as a World Heritage Property.

Uluru

(pronounced ü lü rü or Oo-la-roo with oo as in boot)
Is the Aboriginal name for one of Australia’s unique landmarks. Meaning ‘great pebble’, it was previously called Ayers Rock and is thought to be the world’s largest monolith. Uluru is located in heart of Australia’s red centre where the ages of landforms are often measured in millions of years.

More info on the region at:
http://global.australia.com/pl/atc?814685:29:CNT

Picture of Uluru at:
http://www2.tpg.com.au/users/mburgres/uluru.htm

A coach trip from Adelaide in south Australia takes 21 hours to reach Uluru Resort (this is in the heart of the ‘Outback’) http://mccaffertys.com.au/links/links5/ttable2.html To fly direct from Sydney takes about 3 hours by jet. http://www.ansett.com.au/travel/nt_f.htm

An alternative is to experience one of the world’s famous train journeys Sydney to Adelaide on the Indian Pacific (takes about 24 hours) and then Adelaide to Alice Springs - major town near Uluru- on the Ghan (about 19 hours). The combined trip without a stop-over in Adelaide is about 43 hours.

For further information:
http://www.gsr.com.au/theghan/gn_time.htm

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