In among the rock formations

Kakadu National Park and on to Darwin

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July 28th 2007
We’re in Darwin after several nights camping in Kakadu National Park a couple hundred kilometres east of here. What an amazing place; a huge wetlands basin containing 3 large rivers full of crocodiles, eagles and other wildlife, that almost dries up every year before the annual monsoons come. My concern over all the bush fires we’ve seen the last few weeks now makes me smile. At least a third ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kakadu National Park

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more