Fern pool

Karijini

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September 4th 2008
A long drive south across spinifex plains surrounded by spectacular hills, with mile-long iron ore trains for company to Karijini NP. The camp sites there are notoriously difficult for tents - we had to find ways of hammering tent pegs into what seemed like road base made from iron ore. The campgrounds are located on a spinifex plain with nearby gorges cut into it down to 100m. From Dales camp ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Karijini National Park

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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