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Crossing the border...  
   

Crossing the border...

This sign is in fact facing the wrong way, as behind it is South Australia. I wonder if many people get confused when they are travelling south, seeing Welcome to Northern Territory, then in a few metres seeing welcome to South Australia...
The VERY centre of Australia....

April 22nd 2006
We crossed the border and entered the Northern Territory, simply by opening a gate and then remembering to close it... we visited the most remote pub at Mt Dare and I had a yummy chocolate milkshake and nearly got bashed by a horse who I don't think quite liked me...or maybe he wanted my milkshake... Now we were on our way to the very centre of Australia, if this country was cut out perfectly o ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory

Australian Flag 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
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