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Australia was the dawning of an entirely new walking adventure--a continent unlike any other I'd crossed.
Australia was the dawning of an entirely new walking adventure--a continent unlike any other I'd crossed.
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Australia would be the driest, hottest, and flattest of the five continents I'd walk across.
Australia would be the driest, hottest, and flattest of the five continents I'd walk across.
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The thousands of miles of outback I'd be crossing--alone and on foot--contained more natural dangers to a human than any other part of the world.
The thousands of miles of outback I'd be crossing--alone and on foot--contained more natural dangers to a human than any other part of the world.
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It would also be the emptiest--a place where I would go for hundreds of miles at times between signs of civilization.
It would also be the emptiest--a place where I would go for hundreds of miles at times between signs of civilization.
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Finding sources of water was my biggest worry, especially when you consider that most subsurface water in the outback's deserts are saltier than the oceans!
Finding sources of water was my biggest worry, especially when you consider that most subsurface water in the outback's deserts are saltier than the oceans!
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And if I didn't die from the heat or from venemous snakes or from toxic spider bites, the what of the loneliness?  Surely, I would go mad, some warned.
And if I didn't die from the heat or from venemous snakes or from toxic spider bites, the what of the loneliness? Surely, I would go mad, some warned.
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Fortunately a bit of Western-styled comfort awaited me upon my landing in the former colonial outpost city of Darwin on Australia's wild north coast.
Fortunately a bit of Western-styled comfort awaited me upon my landing in the former colonial outpost city of Darwin on Australia's wild north coast.
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Darwin, with a population of around 50,000, is Australia's version of Dodge City--rough and down-to-earth with just the right amount of civility.
Darwin, with a population of around 50,000, is Australia's version of Dodge City--rough and down-to-earth with just the right amount of civility.
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Right away it was evident Darwin owed its existence and vibrance to a proud multi-cultural immigrant population composed of nearly every ethnicity.
Right away it was evident Darwin owed its existence and vibrance to a proud multi-cultural immigrant population composed of nearly every ethnicity.
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