The Purple Pub Normanton

The Gulf of Carpentaria and beyond

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July 13th 2010
Georgetown Rodeo, what a coup! We had resigned ourselves to the fact that getting to see a rodeo wasn’t going to happen, and here we are right in the thick of it, soaking up the thrills, the skills, the spills! Hey, when you’re in the front row and a very large and very angry bull charges right at you, there are a few extra spills!! (especially when it ends up 50% in the arena and 50% in the s ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Normanton

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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