Also yields +2 Culture, +2 Faith, and +4 Appeal to each adjacent tile.

As an Anangu, I applaud the effort to say the Indigenous names despite how badly they're butchered haha.

I went there when I was a kid, out there everything is so flat it’s not funny, there’s no trees and you can’t even see the horizon because the heat turns it to a blur. So seeing Uluru is that much more impactful, and the photos absolutely do not ever do it justice for its size. I don’t recall the sun changing it’s colours but I believe it, one night in the same area I saw the sand glow at sunset, it seemed so supernatural to see so I definitely believe it when they say it glows.

There is a site in Victoria, Australia, fairly close to the city of Melbourne. This site is called Wurdi Youang. It is a group of stones arranged in a certain pattern, so much so that it is called Australia's Stonehenge. It is so old though, at approximately 11000 years old, that it would be more accurate to call Stonehenge England's Wurdi Youang. It is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory in the world. The travesty is that very very few Australians even know of it's existence.

I’ve always found it difficult to imagine the amount of time ago that prehistoric dinosaurs roamed, the fact that this was here before is absolutely amazing.

-Spend time hunting emu
-this would be his downfall.

Many thousands of years later:
-Australian army tries to fight emus
-loses


Do Australians never learn?

Man I'm Australian and 63 years old.  I was raised with these stories but hearing the mythology story as told by you I felt even prouder of my country's First People.  That story, despite you saying it was only the parts that weren't too sacred to tell, was as amazing as the geological story.  I have been to Uluru and climbed it; that was a long time ago and before I truly understood the spiritual importance of it to our First People.  I would not insult them again by doing that. You are right that it is massive and my imagination can barely comprehend how big it is in total.  Anyway, this is one of your best videos yet and that's saying something as I've seen countless dozens of them.  This is 4 years old so I know you will never see this comment but I felt it important to write this anyway.  Keep up your amazing work mate.

Try asking an Aussie on how to say Uluru, Oo-loo-roo

My dad told me about how he visited Uluru (he's a geologist) and how he went there initially to climb it (this was in the early 90's) but when he actually got there he felt strongly that he shouldn't, that it was somehow too sacred. He said he, to his surprise, actually felt disgusted at the thought of anyone climbing it, but he couldn't say why, just that it felt wrong. Looking back, he's very glad he didn't climb it, learning later on how it is held sacred by the indigenous people of the area.

On a visit to Uluru, it was explained to us (by park rangers who are traditional owners) that another reason the Anungu people didn't like tourists climbing Uluru was that, as custodians of the land, they feel a deep and profound responsibility for anyone who dies climbing the monolith which was not an uncommon outcome. Be it from falling, heatstroke or heart attacks from the stress of the climb, many have lost their lives over the years.

Any other Aussies correcting Simon every time he says uleweru instead of oo-la-roo?

Is any other Aussie here cringing everytime he says "Uluru". No offence, love your vids

The intro makes you realize we humans have been here for little more than the blink of an eye, historically speaking.

As a non-indigenous Australian, having finally got to Uluru years after I planned, I was in absolute awe at the size, but, more than that, the feel of the whole place. This is indeed a very sacred place. My whole being recognised and felt it.

Thanks Simon for not just showing the happy, tourist side of this story - hell you went back 300M years! And thanks for putting forward the Dreamtime Stories as well. As an Australian, I am happy to say that, whilst we can't be held accountable for how our indigenous people were treated previously, we are accountable for our actions going forward. Happily, over the past decades, we have been trying really hard to make some amends for our previous actions. Australians are trying to include the First Australians in all that we do, and hopefully, over time, this will continue to improve the situation of the Aborigines of this great country. We have indigenous people on our TV's, as part of our sporting teams, and even as Politicians. And that great song by The Seeker's "I am Australian" is a fantastic inclusion, recognizing their rich heritage, and the struggles they have endured. We have been here only 230 years - them 50K. Cheers.

I now know how the rest of the world feels when Simon mispronounces their words, I cringed a little every time he said Uluru

“And it’s raining on the rock.
What an almighty sight to see!
And I’m wishing on a postcard,
That you were here with me”.

Australia has some of the most spectacular and majestic locations.

im palawa  and traveled all over the main land when i was younger right after i did my walk about. each tribe has slightly different versions of different storys one story i was told was, Long ago in the Dreamtime, Tiddalik, the largest frog ever known, awoke one morning with a huge thirst. He started to drink and drank until there was no fresh water left in the world. Soon creatures everywhere were dying and trees were wilting because of the lack of moisture.

All the animals pondered about their terrible plight until a wise old wombat suggested that if Tiddalik could be made to laugh then maybe all the water would flow out of his mouth. This was a good idea the animals agreed.
The animals gathered by Tiddalik's resting place and tried for a long time to make him laugh, but it was in vain. The kookaburra told his funniest story, the kangaroo jumped over the emu and the lizard waddled up and down on two legs making his stomach stick out but Tiddalik was not amused.
Then when the animals were in despair, Nabunum the eel who was driven from his favourite creek by the drought slid up to the unresponsive frog and began to dance. As the dance got faster Nabunum wriggled and twisted himself into all sorts of knots and shapes to the amusement of Tiddalik. Tiddalik's eyes lit up and burst out laughing. As he laughed the water gushed out from his mouth and flowed away to replenish the lakes, swamps and rivers again. and punishment He was turned into stone and we can visit the site near Wollombi and relive the event. And remember that greed, and neglecting the needs of others, can lead us to suffer in the same way that Tiddalik still does.

other versions say he was speared by the hunters ( kangaroos) not made to laugh and others that his punishment was being shrunk down and only came out at night because he was ashamed ( which is why the water-holding frog only comes out when it rains.

another version says :
Long ago in the dream-time, when the earth was sleeping and nothing grew, lived the rainbow serpent. She travelled far and wide, creating the river banks behind her. Eventually, she came back to the place where she began. On her return, she called out to the frogs "Come out!" The frogs came out, with all of the water in their stomachs. She tickled them, and the water came rushing out, filling the rivers and lakes. Grass and trees began to grow, and so the animals awoke. Each of these animals gathered food with their own tribe, and were happy with the world. Then, the rainbow serpent made laws. She said "If you abide by these laws, I will turn you into humans. If you fail, you will be punished and turned to stone." And so the disobedient became rock, and the obedient became human, each with their own totem of animal. Tribes were decided based on these totems, and these tribes were never to eat their own totem, else there would not be enough food for all. These tribes lived on the Rainbow Serpent's land and knew that nobody should ever thake this land from them.

This is really well researched, I'd like to see more of Australia and New Zealand's geographical anomalies in the future please!