Tag: Australia
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Official Name: Commonwealth of AustraliaEstablished: 01 January 1901 (Federation), 26 January 1788 (United Kingdom established colony)Population: 27,361,50 (2024 estimate)Country Size: 7,688,287 square kmsReligion: 43.9% Christianity, 38.9% no religion, 3.2% Islam, 2.7% Hinduism, 2.4% BuddhismLanguage: EnglishCurrency: Australian DollarCapital: CanberraVisited States/Territories: Victoria (VIC), Tasmania (TAS), New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA), Western Australia (WA),…
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Saturday 03 September 2022.Highlights: The Ghan experience, Returning home Today was the last few hours on The Ghan. Waking up around 6.30 am after a nice sleep in my cabin I realised that we were only a few hours out from Adelaide and the end of The Ghan experience.
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Friday 02 September 2022.Highlights: Emu and Kangaroo sightings, remote Australia, Umoona Opal Mine Museum, Quest Mine experience, the stunning Serbian Underground Church, The beautiful Breakaways A nice nights sleep in our cabin followed by a full breakfast had us ready for our Explore Alice Springs all day excursion today. We even saw some emus and…
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Thursday 01 September 2022.Highlights: The amazing Royal Flying Doctors Service, Learning at the Reptile Centre, Alice Springs School of the Air, ANZAC Hill, Dinner at the Alice Springs Race Track We awake to the news that Alice Springs was experiencing unseasonable wet weather. They can in some years only have 1 or no dry season…
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Wednesday 31 August 2022.Highlights: The Ghan Journey begins, Epic helicopter experience Katherine Gorge, Amazing meals and service Today the main focus of this trip, at least for me, begins today with The Ghan experience!
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Tuesday 30 August 2022.Highlights: The Wedding Cake (Parliament House), Hop On Hop Off bus tour, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Bicentennial Park at sunset. Both Kara and myself were a little worse off for yesterday’s big walking day in hot and humid, probably a little worse for Kara. Today was to be…
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Tour Title: Untamed Kimberley Tour Company: AAT KingsTour Leader: DaveBus Driver: MichaelTour Members: 35 (can be maximum of 48)Places Visited: Broome, Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek, El Questro Wilderness Park, Emma Gorge, Kununurra, Argyle Diamond Mine, Ord Dam, Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine Gorge, Darwin Dates: 19 August 2022 to 29 August 2022 (11 days)Daily Journal Entries…
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Monday 29 August 2022.Highlights: Exploring Darwin, Darwin Harbour Night Cruise. Today we went on a small walk before breakfast to figure how to get to Hilton Darwin Hotel. Knowing it would be very warm and humid you want the most direct route. Once we found the hotel I got my Hilton membership attached to the…
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Sunday 28 August 2022.Highlights: Cruising the Katherine Gorge (Nitmiluk National Park), Adelaide River, Darwin Farewell Dinner For the first time this trip both Kara and myself did not wake up before our alarm. The 1.5 hour time zone change I guess has fixed that up. Breakfast at the Paraway Motel was just okay and we…
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Saturday 27 August 2022.Highlights: Crossing into the NT, Outback landscape, the amazing Tom Curtain Katherine Outback Experience. Today was our last day in northern Western Australia with Northern Territory our next stop. It was a quick 20 minute drive to the border with a quick stop to capture the moment before losing 1 hour 30…
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