We found the Pelicans!

Day 7 Darling River and Menindee Lakes

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May 24th 2013
Today we went with Robert and Tracy, in their four wheel drive, to visit the Darling River and the Menindee Lakes Region, situated in the Kinchega National Park. It was a wonderful day. The Menindee Lakes are situated approx. 110 km's south east of Broken Hill. They consist of a chain of shallow ephemeral freshwater lakes connected to the Darling River to form a storage system. When the sto ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Broken Hill

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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