Miles of this!

On the road to The Outback

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March 31st 2008
Date of journey: 22nd - 25th March The road-trip to the Outback blew me away in a way I didn't think existed. Will try and explain. The landscape changed incredibly subtely but it did change - like a blurry picture slowly coming into focus if you stare long enough. The trees and grassland became less, the shrubs increased, the houses reduced, the time between towns became longer, the road t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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