At Desert Park Alice Springs

Alice Springs and the MacDonnell Ranges

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August 23rd 2012
23rdAugust 2012 After a leisurely breakfast of pancakes, we made our way to Desert Park. This is a lovely natural park set against the MacDonnell Ranges, with lots of wildflowers. We started by seeing the bird show, where trained birds including a barn owl, pink and grey galahs, a curlew, brown falcon, whistling kite and black kite flew around the audience for food treats. Then we ... 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