Broken Hill

Adelaide to Broken Hill

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October 28th 2008
The alarm call that I had booked for the morning was ten minutes early, but this gave me the extra time to throw my things into my new case for the next part of the journey. The taxi driver Ian took me to Keswick station where I boarded the train called the Indian Pacific bound for Broken Hill. During the journey I met a elderly traveller, he seemed to be a delightful and sprightly 85 year old ... read more

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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