Water everywhere!

Alice and Uluru (with flu)

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November 23rd 2008
Arrived in Alice Springs to thunderstorms and river flooding which hasn't happened for 16 years ! Roads closed as under water. ( Not my fault - honest!). Have great pictures of Aborigine children playing in the brown water. Don't know why they weren't at school. Alice is weird place , there is an uneasiness about it which makes a tourist feel uncomfortable. There are groups of disconnected Ab ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Uluru

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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