working on the blog in the lounge car on Helen's computer (which has survived the whole trip)

Across the Nullarbor

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September 29th 2007
Crossing the Nullarbor was amazing. The plains are as impressive as we’d imagined; spectacular for their sheer size and emptiness (apart from an occasional camel, emu, kangaroo or dingo). Hard to believe across one part we travelled at speed for nearly 5 hours without making a single turn. And the whistle-stop tours of Adelaide and Broken Hill were fun. We thought after all the nights we have sp ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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