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Under the salt is thick gooey mud  
   

Under the salt is thick gooey mud

As a result camels were imported instead of horses as beasts of burden. The plan was to destroy the camels once they passed the age of usefulness but folks made pets of them and now they are vermin with more camels than people in the Northern Territory.
Cattle Station Tour: Curtin Springs

June 10th 2014
With last year’s visit to the Cedarberg mountains and a not too long ago visit to Golden Gate in the Free State still etched in memory I find it hard to wax lyrical over Mt Connor; much less get excited over at last spotting some cattle. This is a cattle station, right? But I am being unfair. We did see some of the big red kangaroos too. NO we did not get to see Uluru. Lazy morning again, ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kata Tjuta

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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