View from Leopold Ranges lookout

Day 69 - Mt Hart to Mornington Wilderness Camp

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June 4th 2015
One of the must-see places on the Gibb River Road is Mornington Wilderness Camp. The camp is run by Australian Wildlife Conservancy, an organisation that was created over 10 years ago and is aimed at reversing the recent trends of mammal extinction through land acquisition and partnership and by land management, particularly through feral animal control and fire management. Read more at http:// ... 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