warwick still waiting for dinner

day 5 2.8.2008

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August 9th 2008
Left Charleville 9 a.m. and drove all day and stopped at Tambo so Marg could go to the teddy bear shop. She says it was crap about a dozen teddies, women sitting making on nothing to write home about. Cheapest teddy was $90 then over $100, bit of a disappointment, was going to buy the grandkids a teddy each. We had lunch while we were there, just ham sandwiches. Drove on t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Katherine

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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