jealous of the blue hats

Day Ten

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September 22nd 2008
Hi all, love your messages, keep em coming. Hey Craig, everyone else can see our fab photos. I thought u were a technical wizard like Doc, perhaps i was wrong? Today started at the Alice Springs Desert Park. It's like a big garden divided into seperate desert areas, river, sand and woodlands. We saw an amazing bird show with millenium falcons, magpies, a boo book owl and black kites. Fab. Amazi ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

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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