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Top of the Canyon

The view from the top of the canyon before we walked down into the centre of it.
Ayres Rock Tour

March 13th 2007
The only reason we went to Alice Springs really was so that we could visit Ayres Rock, or Uluru as the Aboriginals call it. We had planned to spend a couple of days here and then drive with Simon and do the 'Red Centre'. This seemed like a good plan and all was going well for the first few days. We went to the local desert park which is like a zoo but just set in a natural environment and all of t ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Uluru

Australian Flag 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
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