Uluru close up

The Red Centre

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December 7th 2009
From Melbourne I travelled overnight to Adelaide where I had a one night stop over before heading into the outback. I'd managed to book a very cheap flight from Adelaide to Alice Springs a few weeks earlier - only 48 Aus dollars. It was noticeably hotter in Adelaide than in either Sydney or Melbourne and then the heat in Alice Springs was just another level, it was like standing in an oven. From A ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory

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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