Tim and mining truck's tyres

The road is long!

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March 5th 2009
Today we drove, and drove and drove! We are now in Kalgoorlie which is about 600km west of Perth. Once we had left Fremantle it was a long straight road all the way! I am sure we did not turn for at least 6 hours. The roads are so quiet that you barely pass any traffic. There were quite a lot of road trains (giant lorries with 3 trailers) but the novelty of them was beginning to wear a bit thin to ... 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