Olgas from the car

To the Rock

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May 27th 2011
After leaving Coober Pedy we headed to the Rock with an overnight stop on the border of SA and NT. Near the overnight stop there were large flocks of budgies which looked stunning in flight with flashing green and yellow colour. We fuelled up halfway along the Lasseter Hway into the Rock thinking that fuel would be much more expensive at Uluru only to find that it was 40 cents a litre cheaper at ... read more

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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