Sunrise at Uluru

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June 11th 2013
We arrived in Alice Springs in a dishevelled state, having had no time to shower before our early flight. The first note that I'd like to make about Australian domestic air travel is that security is surprisingly lax. We were checked for the usual explosives in our shoes and laptops, but at no point during proceedings did anyone ask me whether or not I was, in fact, Andrew Cochrane. As it happ ... 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