Rare sight as waterfalls cover Uluru

IT'S an event that 99 per cent of visitors to Uluru never get a chance to witness. In the space of just a few hours, the landmark became home to a series of spectacular waterfalls.

Uluru with its series of waterfalls. Picture: Tourism NT/Allan Dixon

IT'S a stunning sight that most visitors to Uluru will never get a chance to witness.

In the space of a few hours yesterday, the landmark was totally transformed.

At around 9am the heavens opened up and water streamed over the rock, creating a series of spectacular waterfalls.

But blink and you'd miss it. By 11.45am the rain had eased and the majority of waterfalls had dried up in the outback landscape.

News_Module: Uluru waterfall

In the space of just a few hours, it was back to how it usually looked.

Visitors and locals flocked to the site to soak up the rare spectacle, including Tourism NT's 'best job in the world' winner Allan Dixon, who snapped these stunning images.

News_Image_File: Rain came to Uluru. Picture: Tourism NT/Allan Dixon

A Tourism NT spokesman said it's estimated that only one per cent of visitors to Uluru get the chance to witness waterfalls flowing from the rock.

News_Image_File: Visitors flocked to Uluru for the spectacle. Picture: Tourism NT/Allan Dixon

Here's a video of the waterfalls.

News_Image_File: It was a rare sight. Picture: Tourism NT/Allan Dixon

News_Image_File: The waterfalls gush down. Picture: Tourism NT/Allan Dixon

News_Image_File: Only one per cent of visitors get a chance to see it. Picture: Tourism NT/Allan Dixon

News_Image_File: What a view. Picture: Tourism NT/Allan Dixon

News_Image_File: It's pouring! Picture: Tourism NT/Allan Dixon

News_Image_File: In the space of just a few hours it was all dried up again. Picture: Tourism NT/Allan Dixon