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Roxby Downs

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July 11th 2008
It's been one week and lots of driving to get to a place called Roxby Downs. This place is a mining community situated next to the biggest Uranium mine in the world, Olympic Dam. I actually spent a few years hear as a kid and it was interesting to note that I remembered squat. The trip has been an interesting one, leaving Townsville on Sunday the 6th July 2008, stopping overnight at the follo ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Coober Pedy

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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