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The Kokoda Track or Trail is a single-file foot thoroughfare that runs 96 kilometres (60 mi) overland — 60 kilometres (37 mi) in a straight line — through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea. The track is the most famous in Papua New Guinea and is renowned as the location of the World War II battle between Japanese and Australian forces in 1942. The track starts, or ends, at Owers Corner in Central Province, 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Port Moresby, and then crosses rugged and isolated, terrain, which is only passable on foot, to the village of Kokoda in Oro Province. It reaches a height of 2,190 metres (7,185 ft) as it passes around the peak of Mount Bellamy. |
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The Dig the Tropic Drive is a geo journey of roughly 1500 kilometre in length. The adventure begins in small outback town of Boulia. The Dig the Tropic Drive is a journey back to Gondwanaland, when Australia was part of a colossal southern continent crawling with extraordinary creatures. As the earth shifted in a gradual, sensational, evolution of the land, Queensland edged closer to its current position along the Tropic of Capricorn. Australia’s vast inland sea and its surrounding wetlands disappeared, leaving behind a prehistoric burial ground in the vast plains of the Outback. Today you can experience the legacy of Australian dinosaurs and marine reptiles at Boulia's Stone House Museum, the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum at Winton, and the Lark Quarry Conservation Park. The sediments of this sea and vegetation now provide Queensland’s Tropic of Capricorn with invaluable groundwater and mineral supplies. |
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The Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa is Australia's newest luxury resort. Since opening in October 2009 it attracts an international clientele seeking luxury and privacy in an Australian context. Located in the remote west of NSW’s Blue Mountains , the resort is surrounded by Wollemi and Garden of Stone National Parks. The majority the 4,000 acre property is set aside as a conservation project with the long term view of returning the area to its original natural state. |
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The Jatbula Trail connects Katherine Gorge, at the southwest of Nitmiluk National Park, with Edith Falls, in the west of the reserve.
In a long arc the track loops around the Seventeen Mile Valley, always near the edge of the escarpment of the Arnhem Land Plateau, and then follows the riverina corridor of the Edith River.
The 58-kilometre walk is divided into five sections and most walkers take five days to complete the trek. |