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Whyalla to Venus Bay

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April 28th 2013
After five days staying with our friends in Whyalla, we turn left at the fork in the road and head towards Iron Knob. The red dust of this town is left behind as we pass a giant iron ore train rumbling alongside the road. The terrain is as flat as a pancake with low salt bush, and scatterings of trees on the sides of the roads. As we approach Iron Knob some 50ks later, still going in a straight li ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Whyalla

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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