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Blown away

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September 23rd 2017
Kalgoorlie - Gwalia - Niagara Dam - Lake Ballard - Salmon Gum - Esperance We managed to miss the rain by heading north from Kalgoorlie, but unfortunately we couldn't avoid the wind. We visited Gwalia - a ghost town near Leonora - then went to Niagara Dam (for a picnic lunch), and then out to Lake Ballard to see the statues and spend the night at the campground. Gwalia was excellent - ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia

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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