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The Ghan & A Town Called Alice

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December 5th 2008
Time to leave Adelaide to go to train station to catch The Ghan to Alice Springs. The Ghan is a very long old train that travels across Australia from Adelaide via Alice Springs then on to Darwin. We arrived at train station early to see the train carriages arrive and take photos before the crowds arrived. We had booked some time ago in UK and were travelling by Gold Kangaroo service which gave ... 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