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Day 143 - Burke & Wills to Karumba

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August 17th 2015
Our main reason for driving north was to see Karumba (Australia's prawn capital), a fishing mecca and the only place on the Gulf of Carpentaria that you can access by bitumen road and to ride the historic train, The Gulflander. The Gulflander only runs once a week so we had time to skip up to Karumba first. We arrived in Karumba after lunch and booked a sunset trip on a local boat. There are ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Karumba

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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