Kata Tjuta (The Olgas)

The Red Centre

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March 15th 2015
A leisurely start to the day with a taxi ride to the airport. Our first flight was from Adelaide to Alice Springs. Walking down the steps from the plane to the tarmac was a pleasant surprise, hot and dry. Just a few minutes in the airport before we walked back out to the plane to Ayers Rock. This plane was less than a quarter full, and so after take off Lyn moved to a window seat on the port side ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Ayers Rock

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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