Kata Tjuta

Olga in Australia?

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January 30th 2008
Seems 4:30am is early no matter what country you are in. We promised our new friend that we would give him a ride to see Olga (the "name" for the other pile of rocks here, more affectionately known as Kata Tjuta, but at 4:30am, not much affection floats around). So, it is pitch black when we get outside...and 25. The great thing about the dark, NO FLIES!!! And...a very killer view of the sky, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City

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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