One of the highlights at Uluru is to listen to the Unangu aboriginal guides tell the story of the Battle of Liru and Kuniya. What makes this story unforgettable is that the ancient features of majestic Uluru itself becomes the storyboard to that legend - at the famous Liru and Kuniya walk. [see panorama taken at the base of the Liru and Kuniya walk at Uluru]

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The story of Liru and Kuniya goes like this: Long, long ago, in the time of the Tjukurpa (The Dreamtime or creation period), there was a young woma python (Kuniya) snakeboy who was surprised and ambushed by a group of Liru (which are venomous snakes). The Liru threw spears at the Kuniya and killed him. So hard did they throw their spears that the points made holes in the Uluru rock. (see the holes made in Uluru by the points of the Lirus' spears).

The boy's aunt, a Kuniya woma pythonwoman, was so angry and chased the Lirus. She slid in, caught up and killed one of the Liru with her stick with a blow to the head. You can see her sliding in as a dark wavy line on Uluru. The blood flowing from the head of the dying Liru can also be seen.