Starting the climb

Ayers Rock

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May 30th 2008
Hello, Last blog entry for Australia - booo!!!!!!!! We flew from Sydney to Alice Springs - a 3 hour flight which saw us well and truly away from civilisation! It was a cool view looking out of the plane window before we landed. We arrived at our hostel - Annie's Place and checked in and spent the rest of that day chilling out and doing washing etc and catching up on sleep (have forgotten w ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

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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