The first thing I see when opening my eyes on the Ghan train

A town called Alice

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September 5th 2005
- PEOPLE: Doddery old bus driver; many more Aboriginal people - AREA: Small ghost town with lots of tourist tack - WEATHER: Blistering heat (at last!) Mon 5th: Woke up at 6.15 just in time to see sun rise - a strip of deep red and then the glowing sun. The landscape was red sand with a lot more trees than I was expecting - big patches of them followed by little shrubs. A bit like the So ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

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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