Don’t climb this rock. <br /><br />Australia’s aboriginals are finally victorious. Australia is banning visitors from scaling their sacred Uluru, one of the country’s top tourist attractions. The 1,141-foot-tall rock will be officially closed in 2019 — 34 years to the day since Australia returned ownership of Uluru to the indigenous Anangu people. <br /><br />Most locals don’t climb Uluru out of respect for the Anangu. But many of the 250,000 annual visitors overlook the religious significance, and ignore aboriginal objections. Now, what has become a symbol for indigenous rights, will be officially closed, and respected as a sacred site for the country’s original inhabitants.
