the trail

even more hiking!

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January 12th 2011
This morning we got up and drove over to the Flinder’s range. Here we drove up to the car park and did a hike. It was a tough one. Me and one of the other girls took it really slow and only made it about 3/4 of the way up. It was just sooo hot and very steep. Beautiful views from up there though. We then had lunch and headed down and drove through the ranged before getting to our camp on a farm ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Fitzroy Crossing

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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