What is under Ayers Rock (Uluru) ?

Question

I heard that is where the Devil is Headquartered.

Answer 1

It is rumored to be the Devil's headquarters but once you stand at its base, touch it and explore its mysteries, you will understand why it's not only a treasured icon to local Aboriginal people, but also one of the great wonders of the world. Ayers Rock (now widely known by its Aboriginal name, Uluru) is the symbol of the Northern Territory's Red Centre, Rivalling the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House as the best known Australian tourist icon in the world. Mount Olga (which is actually the highest of a group of 36 outcrops commonly called The Olgas) are the focal points in the Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park, about 450 kilometres south of Alice Springs. Both are extremely important to the belief and culture of the Aboriginal people and are World Heritage listed for their cultural significance as well as their geological uniqueness.

Ayers Rock is the largest monolith (single rock) on earth, standing 348 metres above the desert floor. It is 3.1 kilometres from east to west, 1.9 km wide and 9.4 km around its base. The Anangu people prefer visitors to respect its cultural significance and not climb Uluru. But if you insist, as many do, you must be fit as it is 1.6 kilometres from the base to the summit and some sections are very steep. Unless you are a highly trained athlete, allow two hours for the return trip. Some sections are very steep and people have died falling from the rock or from seizures after the climb. The climb is closed when there is rain or high winds. That is probably when the rumor started that it is the Devil's headquarters because many people die during the climb because it is too hot if you climb on midday. You decide though. Goodluck!

Answer 2

Uluru has a number of shallow caves, generally called wind caves as they are only a few metres deep. Some of these contain Aboriginal paintings. These used to be on show, but I'm unsure of the situation now. The rock itself is completely solid, no deep caves or underground areas, so nothing inside except rock. EDIT: Les Murray's poem is looking at how an Aboriginal sacred site has been demeaned by tourism; how it's surrounded by floodlights, cafes, souvenier shops, caravan parks, camping grounds etc with little regard to how the original owners feel about this. Murray first published his poem in 1996. Since that time, things have changed at Uluru. The rock has been returned to it's original owners; tourist resorts are now set several kms away from the rock; tourists are discouraged from climbing the rock itself; and overall what is seen is this wonderful monolith and visitors can feel the power of resonates from it.

Answer 3

In the Wikipedia article on Uluru it says, "Aborigine legends tell of serpent beings who waged many wars around Uluṟu. The wars scarred the rock creating the vertical gutters seen today." Perhaps because of the connection between serpents and the devil in chrisitian theology, that maybe where the confusion sprang from.

Answer 4

Being of Aboriginal decent, I know of it's signifigance to to the Arrente Aboriginal group of that area and it is a sacred sight to the people. I've never heard of it being related to the Devils Headquarters, it is actually a Holy place, it situated on one of the longest Aboriginal Dreaming tracks in Australia.
It is, as someone wrote here, embedded deep into the Earth like an ice berg (for example) as I also saw a Documentary on that particular topic.

Answer 5

It's a sacred site to the Aborigines--I don't know that a devil lives there, though. I thought it was holy, like, good holy.

Answer 6

actually scientist believe that Ularu goes right down and would be 4 times larger under ground than it is above ground, much like a huge ice burg.

Answer 7

Godzila.

Answer 8

hubby was there this year & he loved it & there is no devil what ever you are saying etc

Answer 9

i would say sand and rocks

Answer 10

azaria chambilin