Opal

Adelaide - Alice Springs

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December 16th 2006
This morning it was time to say goodbye and jump on a bus to Alice Springs. I'll have to say nothing really happened allday. We stoped at a couple of roadhouses, checked out the salt lake's, before finally arriving in Coober pedy, late afternoon. Coober pedy is a famous opal mining town, 'Priscilla, queen of the desert' was also filmed here, if you haven't seen it, I recomend you do. Before we ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Outback » Coober Pedy

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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