Kata Tjuta

The Red Centre

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October 26th 2011
On Wednesday I arrived in Alice Springs on a very nice Quantas flight with quite a few seats to myself. I arrived at my hostel at about 2pm and went for a walk around town. It was a very hot 38 degrees, but without the humidity of Northern Queensland it felt nowhere near as hot and sticky. Alice Springs is the largest town in Central Australia, but that does not make it a big town! It does have a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

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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