P1020352

Normanton and Karumba

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October 9th 2012
The other day we had a flat battery because I had unintentionally knocked the light switch on. Thankfully, due to our awesome solar panel, the battery was charged up enough to start the van after a couple of hours in the sun. Nice! And the perfect excuse to take a break and watch movies while it was charging :-) I can’t help feeling that we are now entering into the ‘real Australia’. The ea ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Normanton

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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