Carnarvon Gorge

Travelling North

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August 28th 2011
Welcome back reader, and thanks for sticking around. Our first instalment for this trip is being penned in the sunshine alongside Carnarvon Creek near the gorge of the same name. The birds are squawking, the kangaroos and the young cattle are eating contentedly and the threatening-looking clouds are staying away in the northwest for the time being. And the beer is cold. That’s enough gloatin ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Carnarvon NP

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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