Glen Helen 2

Alice Springs to Katherine

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July 31st 2006
Day 18 Alice Springs 17/07/06 We awoke at average time, had breakfast and prepared lunch for a day of touring the local gorges with the Haywards. Daniel and I went into Alice and refueled the car before we departed. The peak hour traffic on Monday morning is staggering - not! We returned to the park, picked up Leanne, William and the Haywards and headed out to Glen Helen Gorge. We arrived ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Katherine

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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