Dust Storm on Stuart Highway

Back to The Alice and the Ghan

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October 31st 2008
Back to Alice Springs October 29, 2008 Goodbye to Uluru and our cozy cabin. We had an uneventful drive back to Alice Springs with the exception of a doozy of a dust storm that lasted about 30 minutes. In Alice we stopped for 15 minutes at our hotel to drop off the luggage and to fix a quick sandwich from the stuff in our “Cool Bag” and we were off again. This time we headed 25 miles wes ... 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