Landscape around Alice

Alice Springs

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September 30th 2010
We are currently in Alice Springs and the weather is very clear, sunny and cool in the morning. We visited the Reptile Centre and it was interesting to be there. We saw lots of reptiles, like frilled neck lizards, bearded dragons, file snakes, geckos, turtles, lots of skinks and snakes, crocodile, thorny devils. We watched a presentation and we got to hold some reptiles. I got to pat an Olive py ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory

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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