Reptile centre

Alice Springs: King's Canyon, Uluru, the Olgas

---

January 11th 2008
I arrived in Alice on Friday January 11th and booked a tour to spend the weekend in the outback. One of the first places I visited in Alice was the reptile centre where you get to pet and hold some of the reptiles there. In the pic I am holding an olive python named Oli. He is found in the northern part of Queensland. He seemed to like me! One of the first things that stroke me was the complet ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

---

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