Lake Eyre

Lake Eyre is amazing

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October 8th 2011
Lake Eyre can't be described in words. It is so strange to see these gleaming white salt flats suddenly appear in the horizon. I was surprised at how thick the layer of salt was and how it got onto our skin, clothes and everything. It must have been very disheartening for the early explorers to have come across this Lake only to find it was full of salt!! When we first got to the water Jac ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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