Lawn Hill Nat. Park

North to Barra country

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July 8th 2010
Lawn Hill and Karumba In the last entry we left you at a free camp called Wonarah Bore, just east of Barkly homestead. We camped there rather than the homestead (which is more of a motel/roadhouse) as on our last trip through here in 2008, we swore that we saw Ned Kelly standing by the fuel pumps, and had no intention of filling his pockets with our hard earned! It was the best of an ordinary l ... 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