Aileron Man

10 South to Alice Springs 25 May 2011

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May 25th 2011
18th May Wednesday. When one is traveling the same road but in reverse, its sometimes hard to find anything new to comment on. Same with us on the journey from Burke & Wills back to Mt Isa, via Cloncurry. Not boring at all, but not new. Stocked up on groceries etc, refueled ready for the coming journey into the west. Camooweal. We have been reading about the early cattle pioneers, the Duracks ... 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