Off to Old Balgo Mission

June 7th 2008
Bits & Pieces Church/Mass The first couple of masses I experienced at Wirrimanu were held immediately outside the church as it was hot & the numbers were expected to be a little bigger than usual. They were nice services combining the community language of Kukatja & English. A lot of singing, too much for my liking, as it excluded me somewhat from the celebration. An interestin ... read more

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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

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Larry Evans

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I'm now a retired Melbourne-based Australian secondary school teacher. Back in 2007 I took some LSL & travelled a bit of Asia; I taught in outback WA in 2008, was part of some social justice trips to Southern India in 2009, 2010 & 2013. I've also managed some other smaller, but no less exciting, travel along the way. It seems I got really lazy, as I neglected this travel blog between 2013 & 2018 despite having most worthy material to write about. During this time I was lucky enough to squeeze in more travel to parts of Sri Lanka, USA, New Zealand, Turkey, Vietnam, Hobart & Perth. This blog h... full info

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