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Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
OK after over a week on the road and internetless I can finally catch up on this blog. After our day at Alice Springs we headed off on a fairly epic overland trip to Darwin taking three days and about 1500km.The trip was basically very long periods on the road with the occasional break for some kind of 'thing'. However between Alice and Darwin the attractions are spread very thinly indeed and be
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Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | yesterday
Natasha Robinson; 30/11/09 The Aboriginal council in charge of Alice Springs’ town camps has confirmed the camps’ governing bodies will honour an agreement with the federal government to sign long-term leases. The Aboriginal council in charge of Alice Springs’ town camps has confirmed the camps’ governing bodies will honour an agreement with the federal government to [...]
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Astroblog (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
North-eastern horizon as seen from southern Australia around 10:00 pm local daylight saving time on December 1. Northern Australia and much of Indonesia will see similar views at around 9:00 pm local standard time. The Moon is poised to cover some of the stars in the Pleiades cluster. On the evening of Tuesday December 1 the nearly full Moon will pass in front of the beautiful Pleiades star cluster....
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Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
The Associated Press: Invading camels to be shot in Australian town Australia bought over one million camels from Afghanistan in the 19th century to help tame the Outback. ALICE SPRINGS, Australia — Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating...
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BitingTheDust (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Kowanyama People recognised as native title holders in south-western Cape York. http://bit.ly/3Rxqvk Kiwkirrkurra artist Doreen Reid Nakamarra dies in Adelaide after being flown from Alice Springs Hospital http://bit.ly/3HGgt2 Use of Indigenous languages constant since 2002 11% of Indigenous over 15 spoke an Indigenous language at home. http://bit.ly/3fcjsP Review of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu at...
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Underbelly (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Invading camels to be shot in Australian town ALICE SPRINGS, Australia – Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supplies. --AP per Yahoo News , and thanks, John
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Traves Tangents (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Virginia dearest - we had a good look but this was the only interesting post box we found in Australia(at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station).
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Traves Tangents (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Europeans first settled in Alice Springs when a repeater station for the Australian Overland Telegraph was built there. It linked Adelaide to Darwin, and then to Great Britain. Previously, a message and response could take up to six months. Now it could be just an hour. Imagine the impact that made. The telegraph was soon used for a variety of purposes, from weather reports to gossip! There were a...
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Traves Tangents (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
As we had all watched the Australian TV series, ' The Flying Doctors' , in our youth, a visit to the Flying Doctors' Museum was a must. It gave us all a greater appreciation of the amazing job they do. One of their services is to maintain medical chests. A GP will diagnose over the phone, and prescribe a numbered item. The distance they cover is incredible. For example, there's a cattle range in the...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
ALICE SPRINGS, Australia — Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supplies. The Northern Territory government announced its plan Wednesday for Docker River, a town of 350 residents where thirsty camels have been arriving daily...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Northern Territory officials plan mass cull after 6,000 wild camels run amok in Docker River in search of water Australian authorities plan to round up about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and shoot them after they overran an outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supplies. The Northern Territory government announced its plan yesterday for Docker River,...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
ALICE SPRINGS, Australia -- Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supplies.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
ALICE SPRINGS, Australia -- State authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small town in Australia's Outback in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supplies.
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Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
An appeal against the federal government's planned takeover of the management of Alice Springs town camps has failed.
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The Age (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
An appeal against the federal government's planned takeover of the management of Alice Springs town camps has failed.
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