Ayres Rock

Ayres Rock & Melbourne

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December 26th 2007
Hope you all had a merry Xmas. We had a lovely day albeit rather different from the norm but before I get onto that I should tell you what we have been doing since our last blog. We had two nights in Ayers Rock and I have to say I was a little cynical about going there as it is just a big rock in the desert but it certainly turned out to be much more than that, I think I can say it was quite m ... read more

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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