Road Train!

Even though they are sometimes 10 wagons long they ALWAYS pull back in just after they've over-taken, which means you have to break rapidly. They rule the roads out there so you've just gotta deal with it - and it's an event in an eerily quiet day.

The Outback

November 17th 2007
Improved entry. Here goes: The first awareness we had of being in the beginnings of the outback was the heat (naturally). It is difficult to explain how much it affects your mind, your comfort and energy levels. We first noticed this when we'd driven up to Port Augusta after leaving Adelaide. We planned to stop off at the huge jetty in Port Pirie (you'll see in the pictures) to meet some do ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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

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