Nice room in the Outback

Ayres Rock

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June 14th 2007
The Red Center of Australia First of all, it is actually Saturday the 16th and we have returned to Sydney from Ayres Rock and Alice Springs which are in the middle of the Australian continent a far piece from anywere. Internet access was limited so we are posting a couple of "catch up" diaries while we were off line. We departed Cairnes to Ayres Rock via an uneventful Quantas airline ... read more

Oceania » 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