Kings Canyon

Kings Canyon/Alice Springs

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October 18th 2010
So this morning we were up around 6am to go hiking at Kings Canyon. I wasn't that happy to be up because I'd been kept awake by mice all night. There were loads in the kitchen when we were cooking and eating dinner, and I'd chosen a tent right next to the kitchen. When I went to bed I noticed a mouse had chewed through the wrapper of a museli bar I'd left on the bed. As I got into bed I wonder ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kings 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