Hiking Destination

The Outback of Australia

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March 14th 2009
Day 1 (Tuesday) - We got off a pretty uneventful 3 hour flight in Alice Springs. Everything was set up from there for the next four days, which felt pretty dang good. We were picked up by our hostel inside the airport. The outback is incredibly hot but doesn’t feel that hot because of how dry it is. When we got to the hostel, we immediately went into town to grab some food and supplies for the t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory

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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