The Indian Pacific

The outback-tastic Broken hill

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February 4th 2006
04.02.06 We boarded our train at 2.55pm to find we weren't sat together and one of the seats was double booked! But in the end it was fine, we had been moved to 2 seats further from the toilets! and together. On our way out we saw our first grey kangeroos! We have never been on a train so, so slow! The trains move faster between Marks Tey and Colchester! or Swinton and Mexborough! Any slower a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Broken Hill

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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