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Termite mounds with miners helmets  
   

Termite mounds with miners helmets

A tradition is for miners leaving a site to hang their hat on a tree. No trees here, so the many termite mounds have been adorned.
Karratha to Broome

August 20th 2013
From Karratha, the journey is only a little north of east as we follow the coast past Port Hedland to Broome. What a truckie does in a day, we took a week camping by various rivers and or free camps. We must commend WA Main Roads for the excellent new toilets and dump points for travellers in the region. They leave other states in their dust, and the sites are quite rubbish free, probably becau ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Broome

Australian Flag 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
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