Our campsite at Karumba

Hi from Karumba, on the Gulf of Carpentaria

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May 25th 2009
Hi everyone We are back in communication again! after Sapphire we headed west. We had an overnight stop at Barcaldine Show grounds (over 200 powered sites ), then stopped at Ilfracombe and walked and looked at the Machinery Mile - lots of old graders, tractors, trucks and other machinery. Graeme and Rick would have loved it!! Then on to Longreach, where we stayed for 3 nights. We did the tourist ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Karumba

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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