The Ghan

Alice Springs & the West MacDonnell Ranges

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August 26th 2006
Day 146 Saturday 26 August 2006 Ti-Tree to Alice Springs (approx. 200 km’s) Today we found a really cheap caravan park for the whole family for $20. We thought this was a bargain and it has everything that the rest of them have. We saw the Ghan train go by the caravan park and this is the train that travels from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Sporings. Someone told us that we could go and see i ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

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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