Normanton crocodile

Burke and Wills Camp 119 to Karumba

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June 30th 2016
Burke and Wills Camp 119 to Karumba. The morning began with the education of Burke and Wills exploration. Camp 119 was where Burke and Wills left King and Gray and made one last desperate dash to find the ocean, supplies very low. King and Gray, marked no less than 15 trees at this camp which symbolised that they had discovered the Gulf of Carpentaria, but like all things the old trees have died ... 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