Rain sends waterfalls cascading down Uluru's red rock face

ABC News Australia's footage captures a traveller's unexpected farewell to Central Australia, drawing far more viewers than its usual Shorts.

Channel: ABC News (Australia) Story of October 31, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 152,458 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (11,163).

Heavy rain floods Uluru | ABC NEWS

Matteo Giofre was making his final visit to Uluru after five months travelling around Central Australia when the downpour gave him an unexpected send-off.

In footage shared by ABC News Australia, water surges through a rock crevice and floods viewing walkways, with railings standing amid the torrent. The camera moves closer to the waterfall, then shows rainwater pouring off the steep sandstone face.

The clip then winds back twenty minutes. From farther away, streams are beginning to trace the slopes, offering a striking contrast with the rushing water shown at the start. There is no presenter explaining the transformation, just the footage and faint background voices.

The Short drew roughly 150,000 views in its first day, about fourteen times the channel's usual opening for that format. It is a concentrated glimpse of a landscape many people know chiefly through images of dry red rock.

Giofre describes the encounter as a beautiful farewell in the video's description. ABC pairs that account with a practical warning: fast-flowing water is dangerous and unpredictable, and people should avoid entering floodwater.

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The numbers

The Uluru footage reached well beyond ABC News Australia's usual first-day audience for Shorts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

11,163

this video

152,458

subscribers

2,640,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,674,462,008

views per day

1,219,605

typical day: 1,139,196

the video

views

177,215

likes

2,070

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

NewsNation

2,790,000

The Guardian

2,650,000

ABC News (Australia)

2,640,000

New York Post

2,610,000

euronews

2,590,000

ABC News In-depth

2,460,000

As of October 31, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.