Ready to go !

Jerilderie to Burra, SA

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July 2nd 2011
We left home at 6.30am and met Rhonda and Colin in Deniliquin ready to start our big first day. The morning weather was great but a north wind blew up around lunch time and blew us around a bit in the afternoon. The long trek to the SA border was broken up with a stop at Balranald for a quick cuppa and then a stop for fuel at Mildura. We were greeted by a dust storm at the SA border and then on ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Burra

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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