Only a few headstones were saved from the township cemetary before it was buried under the water of the dam

July 8th 2009
Day 73 - Wuruma Dam - Cania Gorge A surprisingly late and weak dawn chorus had us springing from our warm bed this morning! We were greeted by several Magpies and a couple of Kangaroos which was a nice surprise! Our neighbours checked their traps and found only the shrimp they’d used as bait, no red claw dinner for them tonight! The fire was still warm so we treated ourselves to bacon and ... 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

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Darryl and Sarah

Welcome, come in, take a seat and enjoy the view! We were lucky enough to be in a position to make one of our dreams come true and it's hard to believe that we can now say we've 'been there and done that! It was the sort of adventure that 'normal people' like us could only dream about, taking a year out of work and travelling around Australia in a caravan towed by a 4WD. Somehow though we managed to turn it into a reality and between April 28th 2009 and April 26th 2010 that's exactly what we did. Our beautiful home and much loved cat in Moira, Derbyshire, UK were looked after by fami... full info

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