Tight(!) Roadworks

East Coast South to North

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July 22nd 2011
Friday 22nd July 2011 Eliot Falls to Seisia Left Eliot Falls about 9:30 – it was practically deserted at that time. We backtracked through the exciting water crossing, past Fruit Bat Falls, and then back on to the Bamaga Road. The corrugations seem to get worse the further north you go although they are actually doing quite a bit of road work on this section. We had lunch on the norther ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape York

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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