View from the van

40 Mile Camp (Thursday 22nd May - Friday 23rd May)

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May 23rd 2008
After a fairly big day on the road we pulled into ’40 Mile Camp’. We were expecting a sandy bay, but were presented with a rocky outcrop, low tide and sand that resembled red dirt. There are no facilities at this site, just a camp ground host. The amazing thing being that the camp ground was packed, the only proviso for camping - a max. 3 month stay!! Amazingly the campground was packed, m ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia

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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