P1030228

Northern Territory

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August 24th 2009
We arrived in Alice springs in the afternoon and chilled by the pool at the hostel for a while showered and went to bed so we could wake up early before the sun the next morning when we would meet our group. Sunday morning we spent driving to our campsite near Uluru stopping of at a few cattle stations along the way. After we set up camp we drove to the olgas and did a hike there, on the way ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Uluru

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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