Uluru in a Different Light

"Territory & Outback" Tour

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July 13th 2006
Well..we last left you with the thought of our 15 hour coach journey to Alice Springs (ahh!) Turns out that the tour we were about to embark on was well worth the journey!!! We had a couple of days in Alice Springs before the tour started so, in true form, we spent them 'pottering' around and exploring. We really liked Alice Springs. It was quite different to how we had both imagined it. We t ... 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