Platapus!

6000km

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July 6th 2011
We left you after two days of solid driving, but only a tiny proportion into our epic drive from Adelaide to Cairns. We were in the desert town of Coober Pedy. We had a quiet day or so there getting our affairs in order, as they say, before moving on to Ularu (Ayer's Rock). The problem, you think as you drive the 300km off the main road to Ularu (the proper name for Ayer's rock), is that ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Mossman

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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