Carnarvon Gorge 120705n

Carnarvon Gorge

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July 5th 2012
Having decided that time is too precious to wait for people to call us about potential work, we planned an inland detour with the possibility of returning to Rockhampton if jobs materialised.<span><span> It was the first time in a long while that we drove 4.5 hours in one day – stopping for a lunch break in the cutely named town of Banana and making it to Rolleston in the evening.< ... read more

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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