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Quilt in the School of the Air
Each section relates to a different family whose child/children are schooled through the School of the Air
From: Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs
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]
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] Blog: A Town Like Alice, The Ghan & Adelaide
Date: May 6th 2011
Flying from Uluru to Alice Springs took us over Lake Amadeus, 50 kms north of the rock. Ten km wide and 180 km long, most of the time it is a salt lake. Only filled with water during times of flood, the water eventually drains into the Finke River which we were later to cross over during our train journey from Alice Springs. While in Alice we'd hoped to be able to visit Simpson's Gap ... read more
Date: May 6th 2011
Flying from Uluru to Alice Springs took us over Lake Amadeus, 50 kms north of the rock. Ten km wide and 180 km long, most of the time it is a salt lake. Only filled with water during times of flood, the water eventually drains into the Finke River which we were later to cross over during our train journey from Alice Springs. While in Alice we'd hoped to be able to visit Simpson's Gap ... read more
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