Statue to an Aust. Waler Horse

Hi from Gold Coast

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April 28th 2009
Hi everyone We have enjoyed a couple of nights at free camps with bush fires this week. Camp Blackman, Warrumbungle National Park was great to see the stars. We drove through Coonabarabran, which had lots of telescopes, and other astromony info, including big signs featuring a different star or planet. From there we went east to Tamworth, where we spent 2 nights at the country music capital of Au ... 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