Swimming at Barnett Gorge

Relaxing day at Barnett Gorge...

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August 1st 2005
Drove further along the Gibb River Road and had lunch near a creek bed, it was absolutely boiling. We got to where we were spending the night really early, about 3pm, after driving over really rocky ground - 4WD powers activate!! We're completely in the middle of nowhere, which always kind of freaks me out (i'm definitely in the wrong country for that!). We walked down to the gorge nearby (we w ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western 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