The Shovel Men

August 11th 2009
DAY 278 It was a late night last night, but the early morning came easy, the sun was streaming through the mosquito netting, at 7.15 I jumped out of bed to go and shower in the hope that there was no queue. As we are at a campsite at the back of the park there is a separate loo and laundry block, so perhaps less people use it. My hunch was right the showers were empty so in I went. The wat ... 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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Back in the November of 2008, we embarked on an adventure that would take us out of everything that we were so familiar with, a comfortable life in the UK, friends, family and the English countryside. Some call it brave, others thought that we would be back, but above all, most people helped us embrace the challenge that lay ahead of us. Weary of corporate life, we emigrated to Australia, with the notion of buying a 4 wheel drive and camper trailer and a 12 month trip to explore our adopted country, Not an easy thing to do as we had to start from scratch, simple things like knife, fork, s... full info

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