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Conquering the Outback

David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley on Twitter) is back home after an epic 5,500km drive across the Australian Outback. And he has plenty of tales of suicidal kangaroos, weapons testing sites and diving with 5m crocodiles to tell... E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 07789 206173 if you're after stories or guide pieces about Australia's captivating great nothing.

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Albatross, Galapagos Islands, by Sue Anderson

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"Micklo Corpus, a local blackfella, invited me up to Dabudabagun - sand dunes overlooking the magnificent 40 Km Cable beach. As we sat on a midden of ancient seashells, collected and eaten by countless generations of Broome’s ‘first people’ we watched a shark (or was it watching us) cruising up and down. It was just 6 feet from the shore where only moments before a mother and two children were paddling."

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