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The Olgas Mountains

Uluru and Kings Canyon

September 26th 2007
The alarm goes off at 5:00 a.m. Time to get up. We need to leave the campsite by 5:40 to make it in time for the sunrise. I look up - the stars are luminous in the still-dark sky. What a beautiful way to start the day. I slip out of my swag and rush into the bathroom to brush my teeth. The bags under my eyes are getting deeper. This is the fourth day that I’ve woken up at 5 - and one day at 4, m ... read more
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Australian Flag 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
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