Water cascades over Uluru after heavy rains hit the Northern Territory of Australia

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(CNN) – After heavy rains hit northern Australia for nearly a week, stunning images of waterfalls appeared at Uluru, the sacred sandstone monolith in the desert plains of the Northern Territory’s “Red Center.”

The videos and photos show gallons of water cascading from the bright red rock, as rain totaling up to five times the monthly average in March fell in just four days in the worst-hit areas.

The usually dry place was thrown away during the rain, resulting in picturesque gutters that descended on the stone-dug divots.

“I lived and worked in Uluru for 4 years and I’ve never seen waterfalls and rains like that,” Stacey MacGregor, who works for a local travel company, told CNN.

“I was in the park at 11 in the morning and I returned at 17:00 when the rain got stronger to get these photos,” she added, referring to the photos posted on her Facebook page.
Several waterfalls fall over the surface of Uluru.

Several waterfalls fall over the surface of Uluru.

Stacey MacGregor / AP

Rain totaling up to five times the monthly average in March fell in just four days in some areas.

Rain totaling up to five times the monthly average in March fell in just four days in some areas.

Stacey MacGregor / AP

A few lucky people were able to see the waterfalls at Uluru, but tourists were forbidden to cross the sacred site in late 2019, after the Aboriginal people Anangu said it was destroyed by visitors eroding its surface, throwing garbage and polluting nearby holes.

Before the ban came into force, tens of thousands of tourists climbed the monolith.

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Uluru is 280 miles west of Alice Springs. With a height of 1,142 feet, it is taller than the Eiffel Tower and the Shard skyscraper in London. It is hot, slippery and often windy and at least 35 people have died since mountaineering began in the 1950s.

CNN’s Alisha Ebrahimji contributed to the report.

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