Look - our train was built in Philly!

Day 8 - Indian-Pacific Train, Cook & Kalgoorlie

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November 10th 2008
We're really getting an appreciation for how vast Australia is. As the train keeps trekking across this island continent, it's obvious to see why 95% of the population lives along coastal cities; the interior is dry, rocky and flat with little to no vegetation for as far as the eye can see for 100s of km in every direction. The steady rocking of the train while taking in this huge vastness is hy ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Kalgoorlie

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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