The Ghan

Days 43 - 44 Darwin to Alice and The Ghan!

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May 22nd 2015
Well thanks to the wonders of modern technology I'm writing this from onboard the Ghan! We are about an hour and a half out of Adelaide. We had a very nice flight into Alice yesterday on a smaller Qantas plane, and there was heaps of room and we got a hot meal! Makes those cheapy flights seem a bit shoddy now! It was a treat to stay at a motel with a real bed and massive bath! Love the Bago but ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide

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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