Alice Springs Hotel Pool

Thursday 24th Feb - Alice Springs/Cairns

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February 24th 2011
Bit of a wasted day today!. As we had to checkout of the hotel at 10:00, but were not being picked up until 15:15. So not really a lot of time to do too much in Alice Springs. After two days of getting up at 04:00, it was time for a long lie-in. We didn't get up until around 08:00. After yet again sorting out our suitcase we went for a late breakfast in the hotel. When we had finished breakfast, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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