Gill - Queen of the desert!!

Two meet up and go walk about.

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August 14th 2005
After a temporary seperation, we met up again in Alice Springs, which was a bit bizarre. Loads of chat to catch up with!!! We were collected from our rather shabby hostel at 6 the next morning (we had got up too early because of the strange half hour time differance that exists in the middle of Australia) and we were loaded onto a mini bus with about 20 other people. Including a couple from Edinbu ... 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