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Camping in Overland Corner

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October 30th 2012
Overland Corner is on the Murray river, 3 hours drive north of of Adelaide. This is as near to bush as we are ever going to get. Stopped for coffee on the way up at Watumba - an old mining village that was originally populated by Welsh and Cornish miners. It was not a surprise to see cornish pasties on the menu - we settled for a long black and capuccinio. Locals were very chatty and I convince ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Outback

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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