An Alien Encounter!

Mataranka / Devils Marbles / Alice Springs

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February 26th 2006
We left Tenant Creek YHA at 10am this morning and after stopping to purchase a full tank of fuel began the 505km drive south to Alice Springs. After about 100km we stopped off at Mataranka thermal pool where Ollie went skinny dipping for 10 minutes. I decided against getting in as it just didnt appeal to me with lots of dead vegetation and scum on the surface of the water. We then drove a further ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Devils Marbles

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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