Those long red roads

Long Day to Kings Canyon Day 11

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July 14th 2010
We got up very early and were on the road by 7am leaving Coober Pedy. We stopped to take pictures of the sunrise and had battery problems with the camera. We had the heater going full blast at this stage as it was cold outside. We saw dead Kangaroos, burnt out cars, Camels, Cattle Beasts and Wedge Tail Eagles and there were puddles from the recent rains. We stopped at roadhouses to buy fuel an ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » King's Canyon

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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