Emus - on the way to the Warrumbungles

Visiting the Warrumbungles and Siding Springs

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June 9th 2010
It fun to people-watch when we're in a new town and it made me smile, when we drove into town to shop this morning, to see the local butcher, complete with striped apron and his belt with full knife box on it, walk into the bank. In the city it would have meant arrest for carrying a deadly weapon or perhaps several deadly weapons! Life is different in the country. Driving along the Newell Highw ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Narrabri

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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