Camels in the sunset

Broome,Derby and back down The Gibb River Road

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July 20th 2007
Broome, Derby and backtracking a little on The Gibb River Rd. Our 4 days respite at The Frangipani apartments in Broome was a little subliminal. Even the road from Derby to Broome had a point of difference to start with - No corrigigaations and no red dust, --where were we going???? By now we had done some 9,000kms and 7,500 of them were on unsealed road, so reddish looking bumps etc had by ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Gibb River Road

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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