The US cover for '' Beyond '' features a rock in the distance , which becomes the face of an Aboriginal man with eyes closed when the cover is rotated 90 ° to the right . Artist and Mushroom Records art director Ian McCausland also designed The Rolling Stones ' 1973 Australian tour poster . The album cover illustrates a central principle of Aboriginal spirituality : the deep connection between the land and the Aboriginal peoples . In an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission publication , " Our Land Our Life " , S. Knight described the Aboriginal position : " We do n't own the land , the land owns us . The land is my mother , my mother is the land . Land is the starting point to where it all began . " According to the Australian government webpage , '' The Dreaming '' : " Once the ancestor spirits had created the world , they changed into trees , the stars , rocks , watering holes or other objects . These are sacred places of Aboriginal culture . " In May 1976 Gallacher was replaced by Russell Dunlop , formerly of Aesop 's Fables , Levi Smith 's Clefs , SCRA , Mother Earth , and the Johnny Rocco Band . In an interview with Greg Kelton of '' The Advertiser '' , Loughnan outlined the band 's future : " If '' Beyond '' does n't make it for us in the States we might as well forget all about Ayers Rock . " From May to July they toured the US again , " only achiev ing limited success overseas . " After the tour Dunlop and Loughnan left , and on 25 August Mushroom Records announced that Ayers Rock had broken up after Loughnan decided to remain in the US to study . Brown , Doyle , and McGuire indicated that they would revive the group with new members
The Rolling Stones ' 1973 Australian tour
The Rolling Stones Pacific Tour 1973
Ayers Rock (band)