The Desert

Tour of Booty: This Is The Outback

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February 16th 2004
The landscape is something that I’ve only seen in brochures, TV shows and postcards. But today, the red desert sands are under my feet as we have a fuel stop at Cook. There’s a souvenir shop and a payphone along with what was a school, but not much else. Here in the Nullarbor, the landscape doesn’t change for a good part of the journey. Or maybe it does, only so subtly, because it’s east ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Kalgoorlie

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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