King's Canyon

King's Canyon, Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) and Uluru (Ayer's Rock)

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July 23rd 2008
I wish I'd slept in a swag! It was freezing in the tent, I think it would have definately been warmer outside by the fire, wrapped up in a swag. I hardly got any sleep :-( Never mind, they'll be plenty of time to sleep on the bus later. We started today with a walk around King's Canyon. It's a pretty walk and the weather was good! We walked down to the Garden of Eden at the bottom and then back ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory

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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