Nearby is a plaque on the wall bearing his name. "He built this station," said Rock Island Fire Chief Jeff Yerkey. Mr. Ayers served as Rock Island Fire Chief from 1965 to 1976.

Australia’s world-famous Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, will be closed to climbers from 2019, its management board said on Wednesday, ending a decades-long campaign by Aborigines to ...

The trek up Australia's Ayers Rock will soon be closed—it's not a “playground or theme park,” a leading official says. 1:39. TRAVEL; Hikers Now Banned From Climbing This Iconic Natural Wonder.

Tourists visiting Australia's red center will be banned from climbing Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, after local authorities voted to stop the practice on Wednesday. The Uluru-Kata Tjuta ...

Ayers Rock Wikimedia Commons Here, where sunlight plays tricks on the eyes, it doesn't take much to imagine this great monolith being built out of the earth by two young boys playing in the mud ...

Stripper sparks fury among Aboriginals after YouTube exotic dance on sacred Ayers Rock. By RICHARD SHEARS FOR MAILONLINE Updated: 10:13 EDT, 28 June 2010 . 34. View comments.

From October 26, visitors to Uluru, known for many years as Ayers Rock, will no longer be able to scale the monolith. The impending ban has led to hundreds of people a day scrambling to climb it ...

It is so sacred Aboriginals don't even like tourists to walk on it...now, one dancer who dared to strip on Uluru - one of Australia's most famous landmarks - faces deportation.