Uluru - The huge sandstone rock deep in the heart of Australia's Northern Territory
August 3rd 2016 After some pondering about where to take my visiting mum and grandma in Australia, I decided on the place that most contrasts Sydney in my mind: Alice Springs.
We flew three hours inland, Northwest from Sydney, into the heart of the Northern Territory. We stopped for the night at the quiet and eerie town of Alice Springs comprising only empty streets and a few shops, most of which were closed d
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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 
