On The Ghan

Living next door to Alice...Alice Springs!

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August 30th 2010
Hi all, So we survived another long train journey - only 25 and a half hours this time but seemed longer than that what with being woken up at 1am by a screaming baby two rows behind! Besides that though was another great journey and we woke up this morning (after getting back to sleep when the baby finally shut up!) to the Real Outback. But it wasn't the red desert we expected - apparently they ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

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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