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Longreach

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June 26th 2010
Well, we’ve made reasonable headway since the last entry. We’re now at Longreach after one-night stops at Duaringa and Alpha. Duaringa was our first “free” camp where we had to use our own resources. ie. gas, generator, van tank water etc. All went well except for Rose suffering a touch of food poisoning from a dodgy sausage roll she had eaten along the road. Memories of Cook Islands???? T ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Longreach

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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