- Tourists in Australia may be allowed to keep climbing Uluru


	- Tourists in Australia may be allowed to keep climbing Uluru
hotdoge3
10-20-2009 5:07 PM
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uluru, or, ayersrock
hotdoge3 says:
Uluru, also referred to as Ayers Rock
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