Australia's Uluru, Barrier Reef in running for seven wondersAustralia expressed pride Wednesday after the Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef, largest complex of coral reef in the world, c.1,250 mi (2,000 km) long, in the Coral Sea, forming a natural breakwater for the coast of Queensland, NE Australia. and Uluru -- also known as Ayers Rock Ayers Rock Rock outcrop, southwestern Northern Territory, Australia. Called Uluru by the Australian Aborigines and located in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, it is 1,100 ft (335 m) high and may be the world's largest monolith. -- were shortlisted in a new contest to find the seven natural wonders This article is about the television series. For other Seven Wonders, see Wonders of the World (disambiguation). Seven Natural Wonders was a television series that aired on BBC Two from 3 May to 20 June 2005. of the world. The world-renowned tourist attractions were named alongside other contenders such as the Amazon and Italy's Mount Vesuvius in the final list of 28, with the seven winners to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. in 2011. "A place among the ultimate New7Wonders of Nature would be a stunning achievement for our nation?s iconic natural wonders," said Rick Allert, chair of government agency Tourism Australia Tourism Australia is a statutory authority of the Government of Australia, with responsibility for tourism marketing within Australia and internationally, as well as research and forecasting of domestic and global tourism trends. . "We thank everyone who has played a part in ensuring Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef have made it through to this third and final stage, still in the running for the ultimate accolade," he added. The 345,000 square kilometre (133,000 square mile) reef is considered the world's largest living organism, while desert-bound red monolith Uluru attracts about 350,000 tourists a year. The Swiss-based non-profit New7Wonders Foundation expects more than a billion votes to be cast on http://new7wonders.com over the next two years. Uluru hit the news recently when the national parks service proposed banning tourists from climbing it for reasons of safety and cultural sensitivity, although Prime Minister Kevin Rudd objected to the idea. 
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