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Five Explore the Goldfields

September 22nd 2018
OK, the idea was to find gold , but when we looked at the conditions that the gold miners endured we had second thoughts so we would just be tourists and visit the mining museums and learn lots about it ... but always keeping your eyes peeled in case there was a glint of gold at your feet. From the GunBarrel Highway we were back in Wiluna as there were big celebration with the opening ceremony fo ... read more
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Australian Flag 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
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1st October 2018

Dust, flies and gold mines
You bring back some memories from when I was in Australia. Not all of them good memories. I sure remember the flies and they were horrible. But it was also a lot of fun travelling in the outback. I would have loved to visit a ghost town but never got around to it. I didn't go by car and for obvious reasons there is no public transport to ghost towns. /Ake

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