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D5: Blowin' In the Wind

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August 6th 2018
Day 5 Port Augusta to Marree (via Borefield-Oodnadatta track) A bit of an easier day km-wise (450), so we had time in the morning to grab a few items at the shops, fill our supposedly “full” gas bottles. Temperature this morning was 6.2 degs - feels like 1.2 degs. Even the locals were commenting on how cold the wind was. We set off into a howling head-wind and seemed to be for ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Marree

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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