Uluru At Sunrise

We Thought The Desert Was Supposed To Be Hot

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June 14th 2009
Day 55 (Sunday 14/06/09, NJJ) Up at 6am after the most painfully cold night we've ever experienced. Everyone suffered and no one really had a good sleep. The cold also made us have to get up and empty our bladders during the night which was hell. When it came to leaving camp not surprisingly the bus wouldn't start, even when we tried to jump-start it so our plans had to change and we watched sunr ... 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