tall aerials in small towns

Port Augusta

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June 25th 2007
Managed to find some beautiful back roads for part of the ride to Port Augusta. Roads were smooth and traffic light, so it wasn’t hard to stay at 100 kph most of the way. Went through several tiny towns with lots of open space in between. Had lunch in Port Pirie where we saw the stack of a huge lead smelter, and locals told us lead contamination was a real problem. Ugh!. We leave civilization to ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Port Augusta

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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