Advertisement
« previous next »
IMG_5275  
   

IMG_5275

Kununurra - Oasis in a dry land

September 8th 2013
Three days here at Kununurra has been a joyful lesson about the last town before crossing the border into the Northern Territory. We have driven through dry and dusty places to get to Kununurra, then this bright green district startles as the transition from arid to lush irrigation is quite abrupt. Despite lack of rain, this district along the Ord River (fed from Lake Argyle) is full of life in ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Kununurra

Australian Flag 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
Advertisement
Tot: 0.252s; Tpl: 0.004s; cc: 19; qc: 161; dbt: 0.1922s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.4mb