Windmill

Adelaide to Alice

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July 13th 2007
The outback crept up on us quicker than we had expected. The drive between the last settlements of civilisation, Adelaide and Port Augusta, are seperated by open, sparse land, just like in the centre. The roads are so straight all you see in the distance is a mirage of the sun on the bitumen. You can see cars coming from 10km's away, making overtaking road trains (lorries with 3 or 4 tankers i ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide

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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