I loved this sign, it tells all.

Trip to Tennant Creek Day 17

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July 20th 2010
We got up early and found the entire hotel was at breakfast at 6.30am - mayhem!!! We met a lovely elderly couple from NSW at breakfast and they told us that they would rather wear out than rust out! I really liked that. The day was cold but clear and we travelled north stopping at Ti Tree, Barrow Creek & Wycliffe Well Road Houses. We stopped at the Devils Marbles and enjoyed the amazing sights. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Tennant Creek

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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