Australia: Rocks Returned to Uluru (Ayers Rock)
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
1 comment | May 14th, 2008 | Trackback
At least one package a day containing rocks taken from Uluru, or Ayers Rock, arrives by post at the landmark’s national park headquarters, in many cases because people feel they’d been cursed by the rocks in their possession. For years the Aboriginal people of the area have asked tourists to respect the site’s sacredness by not climbing the rock or taking anything from the area, but many do. Of the stones that are shipped back, some 25 percent of the senders have reported nothing but bad luck since they took the souvenirs. Most of the rest send a simple apology.
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Do you think the people who took those rocks had bad luck because they felt guilty about taking a rock in the first place? All I did was take pictures of Ayers Rock and that’s all one needs for a great souvenir.