This is the second in a series of columns on my trip to Australia in April 2009. The trip started with a four-day stay in Cairns in Northern Queensland. We had a great time in Cairns and were now well ...

To be sure, there is a sudden surge of people, mostly domestic visitors, who want to climb Ayers Rock before October 26 when a ban is enforced. But there's more to the boom in the famous park in ...

There is a beautiful rock in the middle of Australia sometimes known as Ayers Rock, but now more commonly known by its traditional Indigenous name, Uluru. The red rock that stands sensationally in the ...