Uluru - Australia's Red Centre

by Andrew Skeoch

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1.	Dawn Across Uluru: Willie Wagtail, Variegated fairy-wren, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater & Crimson Chat 07:24	buy track
2.	Dawn Across Uluru: White-fronted Honeyeater Dawn Chorus 07:15	buy track
3.	Dawn Across Uluru: Budgerigar, Babblers and Fairy-wren 02:30	buy track
4.	Dawn Across Uluru: Flock of Black-faced Woodswallows 05:00	buy track
5.	The Liru Walk 08:13	buy track
6.	Mala Morning (Cicadas and Rainbow Bee-eaters) 04:53	buy track
7.	Wind Sighing Through Desert Oaks 14:51	buy track
8.	Mutijulu Waterhole 03:24	buy track
9.	Fairy Martins in Ikari Cave 05:14	buy track
10.	Kantju Afternoon 04:46	buy track
11.	Valley of the Winds 04:47	buy track
12.	Mutijulu Frogs 04:46	buy track
13.	Desert Twilight 04:59	buy track

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The rock outcrops of Uluru and Kata Tjuta are a symbol of the Australian continent and Aboriginal people's deep connection with the land. These places are rich in history, both cultural and natural.

This recording is a sound portrait of Uluru and the surrounding sandy desert country, what is often referred to as the red heart or red centre of Australia. It is a surprisingly abundant landscape, where microhabitats such as at the base of the rock create homes for numerous species of birds and other life.

We begin out in the mulga woodlands with a morning of vibrant bird activity, before taking the Liru Walk, a short nature trail near the base of Uluru itself. As the morning progresses, a gentle breeze sighs through stately groves of desert oaks.

At nearby Kata Tjuta, the wind funnels through narrow canyons and birdsong echoes from far off.

A trickle of water percolates into the small, sacred waterhole of Mutijulu, nestled by the base of Uluru, and as evening descends, fairy martins return to their roosts in a cave nearby. We conclude with a chorus of small frogs at Mutijulu and the sounds of crickets on the night air.

This is a remastered and expanded edition of our original recording from 1998.

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released July 15, 1999

Recording locations:
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory

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Andrew Skeoch Australia

Andrew is a master wildlife field recordist. For over 30 years, he and partner / photographer Sarah Koschak have been documenting the voices of the world's ecosystems and wild creatures. The resulting recordings have been published through their dedicated label: Listening Earth ... more

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