Ostrich

Darwin to Alice

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November 19th 2006
Just spent 24 hours on the coach from Darwin to Alice Springs. Its SO hot hot hot here! Have checked into a hostel called Melanka's Party Bar for the night and we're waiting for our room to be cleaned. On our journey in, we drove past the area where Peter Falconio was killed and saw the hotel where his girlfriend Joanne ended up getting to for safety ... BIG distance! It was pretty freaky a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

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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