The night the Todd flowed

The Desert Chapters

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December 19th 2008
Hello again! Its that time already. It’s come around so fast I can’t quite believe I'm leaving already. I arrived here in Alice Springs 4 months ago. Weary and bleary eyed I tumbled out of the Ghan that had carried me 1500K along one of Australia's great train journey's from Adelaide in Southern Australia to here in Alice Springs, slap bang in the middle of Central Australia. Another 1500K Nor ... 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