The Olgas

Australia 2013 - Sat 2 March to Mon 4 March

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March 7th 2013
On Saturday we flew from Sydney to Uluru (Ayers Rock in old money). Stayed at the Desert Gardens hotel in the Uluru resort - only four choices of accomodation type here all owned by the same group. On Saturday evening we watched the sun set over Uluru. There are several aboriginal creation stories, the geological story being of a sandstone formation that rose up around 400 million years ag ... 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