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Ayers Rock
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5-11-2008 11:14 PM
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5-11-2008
11:36 PM
alanocu
very interesting! thank you amgumen!
5-12-2008
1:00 AM
tanyamm
I saw a movie years ago called "Picnic At Hanging Rock" it was about an event that happened at Ayers Rock. Ayers Rock has a very interesting past.
5-12-2008
1:14 AM
merrie
....Ayers Rock........it looks pretty high, (just googled it....
1141 feet above sea level) Now, that a ROCK
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