Concrete Railway Sleepers

Kangaroos at Last

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October 26th 2010
Drove east out of Adelaide this morning - the countryside for the first 50 km is drop dead gorgeous - rolling hills with green crop, pasture land, and some forest. Things flatten out and dry out as you progress eastward. After about 400 km we got to the Grampion Mountain (National Park) area - rugged rock hills with forest cover. A stunning windy mountain road, loaded today with motorcycles as ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Halls Gap

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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