Now going orange

Day 30: from Uluru to The Alice

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June 18th 2009
Another early start this day as we were going to experience what all should experience at Uluru: a sunrise. We hopped in the car around 6:45am and drove for about a half hour to the area set aside for cars to watch the sunrise. This place is seriously well organized. It was stunning, to say the least. We saw Uluru change from dark brown to purple/red to proper bright orange as it looks dur ... 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