Salt Lakes

Alice Springs to Perth

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August 3rd 2009
This time it was a 7:00am start, as we needed to get to the airport. So that was the time we had to get up to get packed, get breakfast and get to the airport in time to book in. We got a taxi back to the airfield in the middle of nowhere, and got sorted with the luggage. There was free wifi at the airport, but we didn't have too long before the flight, so we only managed a few quick email checks ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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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