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DAY 26 BIRDSVILLE

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July 4th 2022
In no rush. Lingered in bed longer than normal. The cold was very persuasive with that decision. As the airport is across the road from the pub, well most things are across the road from the pub, the early morning flights of the roaring, sometimes straining, single engine Cessna’s fly directly overhead, so the lingering is not sleeping. Today we readied ourselves for the Big Red Bash beginning ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Birdsville

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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