The Ghan

Ghan But Not Forgotten

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June 10th 2009
Day 51 (Wednesday 10/06/09, NJJ) Bus to 'The Ghan' train station. Boarded the train at 9.30am, left at 10am. First part of journey took 4 hours to Katherine. We got the bus into town and a few hours bored wandering around the shops there. Had cream tea at the Springvale Homestead. Could see the Katherine river and areas where controlled bush fires were being lit. 5.30pm back on the train for the ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Darwin

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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