Rainfall over Uluru at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in central Australia has given travellers a rare and spectacular sight.

Australia’s iconic red rock, also known as Ayers Rock took on a different form this week as it became a waterfall for cascading rains which have been falling constantly since Monday, bringing a cool change to the area.

‘The photos are just spectacular. When we get rain at Uluru it cools everything down and wakes everything up. It brings the place to life,’ said Kerrie Bennison, acting manager at the national park.

    

She said most people come to see the sunrises and sunsets but rain running off the rock generates great interest.

It’s a stunning sight that most visitors to Uluru will never get a chance to witness.

‘I’ve been at the park for eight years. You don’t see this sight very often, only a couple of times a year if you’re lucky,’ said Ms Bennison.

    

‘There have been some very juicy, almost tropical storms in central Australia,’ said Gareme King, senior forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology in Darwin.

‘Uluru has been experiencing 30-40mm of rain per day.’

    

    

The skies have now cleared and temperatures in the mid 30s are expected for the weekend.

However Mr King says tourists may have another chance to get snaps of the cascading waterfalls as rain is predicted in the area for next week.

‘We’ve got another trough moving through bringing more rainfall,’ he said.