the big trucks

Welcome to the Outback!

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September 16th 2010
I was up at 5am to catch my train from East Perth at 7 am to Kalgoorlie. Checked my big backpack and then boarded the train. It's a pretty modern train. I ended up having a seat to myself but the train was mostly full. It stops at some small outback towns along the way. I watched one of the movies they had on the screens and fell asleep for a bit but the rest of the time I was just looking out the ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Kalgoorlie

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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