Formerly overrun with tourists climbing all over it and badly de-sacralised, it is now returned to its landscape and has regained its spirituality. What allowed this to happen was that the Ayer's Rock visitors' centre was moved to a place seven miles away from the Rock itself, and the airstrip at the Rock was removed. Now, it is cared for by native aboriginal Australians and is called by its original native name. Visitors who actually go to the Rock are not stopped from climbing it, but few want to now. English Heritage and the National Trust want to do the same for Stonehenge, and are forming a joint management trust to do this.
Fences are to be hidden in the valleys and kept off the horizons where possible.
They want to see the two adjacent roads, the A303 and the A344 replaced by a long tunnel, and the current visitors' centre to be replaced b large facilities beyond the immediate horizon. To accomplish this, English Heritage have been awarded 5 million from lottery funds.