Jasper Camp

Day 12 & 13Timber Creek to Jasper Gorge and return to Timber Creek

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July 7th 2013
Decided this morning to backtrack to Jasper Gorge, which was where we were heading before deviating onto the Humbert Track. The drive into the Gorge was through lightly treed country hemmed in by rocky red escarpments. The waterholes are lined with Pandanus Palms, Paper Barks and access is not easy, after we set up camp a lady and her daughters from the local community came to fish. She assured ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory

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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