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Newcastle to Peak Hill - 42 degrees is quite hot!

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January 6th 2009
There is no way that I would be in Parkes in a polyester Elvis suit in the next week. I applaud all of those who do it. It is just amazing. It is so hot. We had a good run from Newcastle today. The dogs looked at me with brown eyed eyes that were strangely dog like as they were left at Veronica's Concentration Camp. I think I heard the life is beautiful score as they were taken away. We left ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Parkes

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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