Simpson's Gap

Week 7 Summary and Photo blog

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September 10th 2011
Greetings from Central Australia. Week 7 of our great journey has taken us to some weird and wonderful and spectacular places in Central Australia. We started the week driving past the Devil's Marbles (Karlu Karlu) ... on our way to the over hyped Whycliffe Wells (UFO Capital of Australia). On Father's Day, we headed to Alice Springs. Great place. We stayed 3 nights there. F ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Uluru

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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