The Gahn

Adelaide

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October 27th 2008
I awoke at 03:30 we had stopped somewhere, it was funny as I had slept when the train was rattling along but awoke when it stopped. It seems that there is only one line with many sidings so we often have to slip into a siding when the freight trains pass by. I soon dozed off though and woke up to another lovely outback sunrise. Wow, when the light really kicked in the scenery had changed dram ... 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