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Alice Springs to Tennant Creek

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July 12th 2011
We packed up early this morning and farewelled Rhonda and Colin as they started their trip home. We are heading to Tennant Creek today an easy 500km day. Our first sidetrack was at Aileron Roadhouse where we noticed the sculpture of an aboriginal man on the hill behind the roadhouse. When we pulled in there is a work in progress of an aboriginal woman and child spearing a goanna. Both sculptures a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Tennant Creek

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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