Karijini Eco Retreat Campground

The Pilbara

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August 14th 2008
What a difference a couple of days makes! I have just spent my first night in Karijini National Park after driving down from Broome via Port Hedland on Tuesday. Being south of Broome, and further inland, it is bloody cold - particularly at night. The drive from Broome was fairly uneventful, and rather unexciting, except for the colony of termite mounds which the local miners had duly decorated ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Karijini National Park

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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