Category Archives: Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Share your stories about Uluru’s past

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Parks Australia

It’s time to dig out those old photographs of you in your mini-skirt at Uluru or maybe it was flares at Kata Tjuta.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is collecting old photographs, video and audio recordings taken at the park and the … Continue reading →

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Indigenous rangers working together

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Parks Australia

They came from as far afield as Kalkarindji in the Top End to Warburton Ranges in Western Australia, to train in everything from snake handling and quad bikes to aerial incendiary devices for preventative burning.
No – not auditions for the latest reality … Continue reading →

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Learn Pitjantjatjara

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Parks Australia

Palya! That’s how we say hello in Pitjantjatjara…
Pitjantjatjara is one of the languages Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park’s traditional owners speak. Now you too can learn Pitjantjatjara with our easy online guide.
In an exciting project, Anangu and the park have worked … Continue reading →

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Finding Uluru’s bats

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Parks Australia

Did you know that Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park has around 10 species of bat? 
We haven’t surveyed for bats for over 10 years, so recently we hired bat ecologist Claire Hourigan to develop a new survey methodology and train park rangers … Continue reading →

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