2019: Uluru permanently closed to climbers on October 26 following board decision
THE NT News and NT Government are celebrating 42 years of self governance by revisiting some of our most memorable milestones. In 2019, after decades of debate, Uluru was permanently closed to climbers on October 26.
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THE NT News and NT Government are celebrating 42 years of self governance by revisiting some of our most memorable milestones. In 2019 …
AFTER decades of debate, Uluru was permanently closed to climbers on October 26, 2019.
Almost 34 years to the day since the Anangu were handed back the title to Uluru, the Board of Management agreed the climb should close.
Another Red Centre icon closed this year too, with Overlanders Steakhouse in Alice Springs shutting its doors after 48 years.
Famous faces who dined there include Tom Selleck, star of Magnum, P.I. and Quigley Down Under, Aussie actor Bill Hunter, and former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.
Top End Wedding, a romantic comedy set in the Territory, hit cinemas to great applause.
It featured stunning Top End destinations such as the Tiwi Islands, Kakadu, Arnhem Land and Nitmiluk National Park.
In big news for Katherine, the town got its second set of traffic lights, while Darwin celebrated the inaugural International Laksa Festival.
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The 42nd year of self-governance for the Northern Territory has seen a solid offering of memorable moments so far, largely thanks to COVID-19.
One was the NT News eight-page lift-out of emergency loo roll, complete with handy cutting guides, after reports of fights in supermarkets over dwindling toilet paper supplies.
Restrictions were imposed in response to the worldwide pandemic, and in some ways you could say it’s been a bummer of a year.
But, with precautionary measures lifting across the NT and zero active COVID-19 cases here at present, hopefully the next six months won’t be a complete wipe out.
Originally published as 2019: Uluru permanently closed to climbers on October 26 following board decision