Major Outback Road

Charleville to Longreach - Emus, Crocodiles and Budgies

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July 27th 2006
Heading north from Charleville the country gradually changes. We are leaving the agricultural belt of southern Queensland and heading into cattle and sheep country. For as far as the eye can see, there is only scrub and mulga. Being Sunday, the little settlements we pass through are closed down and there is no opportunity to visit any of the small museums each has created to try and attract the ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Longreach

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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