Broken Hill

Long days on a bike

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June 21st 2010
I think I should rename the blog ‘Fifth Gear, Four Thousand Revs’ because thats pretty much what I’ve been doing for the last three weeks. Finally I’ve made it to Perth, a lots happened and I’ve been over a lot of Tarmac and a bit of dirt since Adelaide... Looking on the map as I sat in Adelaide I saw that Broken Hill was a mere 511 KM from me, now while that is actually quite far its t ... 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