Sounds of Silence

Sunday September 22, from Cairns

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September 22nd 2013
Hi Everyone,We have had a very exciting but tiring week. Last Monday we flew from Sydney to Uluru (Ayers Rock). - a 3 1/2 hour flight and like Newfoundland we put the clock back 1/2 hour. It is really red country like PEI. You can pick out the Rock from the plane. It looks like a large rock just sitting on flat land. We went to a "Sounds of Silence" dinner. Met a couple from Wales and two gals f ... read more

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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