Desert Park - Alice Springs

The heat just gets hotter

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March 3rd 2006
Just to give you an idea of Alice Springs, the temperature the week was there, never dropped below 40...... At night, in our soooo NOT air conditioned van, as a cool early 30's.......to say sweat was aparrant is an understatement. Never has it been possible to get a sweat on when just getting out of bed!!! How people live in this heat is beyond us!!! Still, a lovely town, considering we are ... 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