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PURNULULU (BUNGLE BUNGLES) AND LEE'S BIRTHDAY

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June 24th 2009
Heading off to our next adventure Purnululu National Park (Bungle Bungles) only took us a day’s drive from Kununurra. We left the vans at a free camp site and drove for 2 ½ hours (53kms) on more dirt road into the park. The last time we were through this way the Bungle Bungles weren’t even on the tourist track. They were only discovered in 1987. By 2003 the 239,723ha national park and 79 ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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