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Originally Posted by choc e-Claire
You're right.
The animals are pretty unique, and something that makes sense for other countries to freak out about - I kinda just accept kangaroos because I've grown up in the same country as them (I've seen them in a carpark, for god's sake).
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Exactly! What is mundane and what is "different" or "extraordinary" is relative to the environment one grew up in. I like using the example of Christmas when I talk about the subject. Imagine you're talking to someone that has never heard of Christmas and is wholly unfamiliar with christian symbols. "Oh well, towards the end of December we usually put a tree into our living room and decorate it with gaudy hangings, because of some carpenter that may or may not have lived some 2000 years ago.". Sounds pretty crazy if one is not familiar with the context. So everything you take for granted is relative and might be new and fascinating to someone else - in innocent and somewhat understandable as well as frustrating ways.
PS: You're right, gonna refer to it as Uluṟu from now on, the way it oughta be.