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Going walkabout in Australia's red centre 77. Flies all over Laura's flynet, Uluru

Going walkabout in Australia's red centre

February 25th 2009
Day 231: Sunday 15th February - First encounter of the outback Approaching Alice Springs in the plane, the contrast between the lush Daintree rainforest of Cape Tribulation where I was yesterday and the barren red desert couldn’t be starker. For the 10 minutes or so before we land at Alice Springs there is nothing, just desert until up pops Alice Springs over 1000km from the nearest settlement ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

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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