Looking down on Alice Springs from Anzac Hill

The Ghan gazette

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June 18th 2009
There is something magical and almost mystical about great train journeys.Iconic associations spring to mind…..The Oriental Express,The Trans Siberian Express,our own Blue Train and of course some of those Inspector Hercule Poirot murder movies,one of which was set on a train.When planning our travels through Australia there was no real connect with their World class train journeys until Sue’ ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » North Melbourne

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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