Camooweal Post Office

Day 18 & 19 - Big Day out!

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December 10th 2012
Today we set off with the intention of going about 500km to Barkley Homestead but we ended up going 1100 km to Mataranka in the NT. We had stayed in Mt Isa the night before and because we both felt fairly refreshed and it wasn't too hot outside and we had an early start we thought we may as well keep going. We went out for dinner in Mt Isa to The Buffs. Prior to that Peter had been having ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Mataranka

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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