Wilpena walking track

The Menindee experience and Wilpena Pound.

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May 1st 2010
We found a lovely campsite by the Darling River just out of Menindee and set up camp there. The river was the colour of very weak café latte and looked quite strange. There was a fire place and picnic table and SILENCE. Surprisingly there were hardly any flies. The mosquitoes were hungry, but a little ‘Bushmans’ helped that. There were no others at the campground which was set amongst big ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia

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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