Kings Canyon

Exploring the Red Centre

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June 15th 2008
After Qantas had changed our flight times, we ended up in the unfortunate situation of flying into Alice Springs, picking up a rental car and, after having picked up a car load full of snacks, driving for 5 hours to get to Kings Canyon! It turned out that with a standard rental car, we weren't allowed to drive on the unsealed roads between Alice Springs and Kings Canyon so we had to take a longe ... 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