Koala 1
At the Bungalow Bay Koala Sanctuary we saw our first Koala. Barney is his name, and as usual Gilligan gets in on the act.
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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... [read more]
Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... [read more] Blog: Outback to Tropics
Date: April 3rd 2007
We caught the legendary 'Ghan' railway from Adelaide to Alice Springs. Travelling in second class it turned out to be rather less exotic and legendary than we had hoped. The train is named after the Afghans who ran the original camel trains across the Australian centre from Adelaide to Darwin. The journey took about 19 hours overnight and we arrived in Alice Springs to driving rain and temperatur ... read more
Date: April 3rd 2007
We caught the legendary 'Ghan' railway from Adelaide to Alice Springs. Travelling in second class it turned out to be rather less exotic and legendary than we had hoped. The train is named after the Afghans who ran the original camel trains across the Australian centre from Adelaide to Darwin. The journey took about 19 hours overnight and we arrived in Alice Springs to driving rain and temperatur ... read more
