Grampians Nat'l Park

Through the Outback...

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February 2nd 2007
This has got to be one of the most epic road trips one could take in Australia. Together with my friend Laura, who I met traveling up the east coast (and is from Victoria), we drove from Cairns right through the very centre of Oz and down to Melbourne, a total of 6236km in only 10.5 days. We left on a hot, tropical Queensland day and drove through torrential downpour, stifling desert heat, warm co ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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