The road blurring into the distance

Australia

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December 10th 2008
This was the first time in a long while that we’d not been parked under a tree overnight, so we were woken as the sun beat down through the gaps in our curtains turning the van into an oven. Even with the aircon on it was steaming. We’d read the guide book the previous night and had decided against spending a night at the Karijini National Park. That was only a few hours away. It was suppos ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Karratha

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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