The Long and Winding Road
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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 nam... [read more]
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 nam... [read more] Blog: The Territory
Date: August 18th 2008
It’s pretty hard to get worked up about a place that even its own tourist brochures describe as ‘desolate’. At least you know in the Northern Territory, they pull no punches. This is typical of the straight-talking Territorians, rough-as-guts hard-working types who drink Piss and shit in the outdoor dunny. Even most of the women round here look like the kind of blokes who’d have to fly- ... read more
Date: August 18th 2008
It’s pretty hard to get worked up about a place that even its own tourist brochures describe as ‘desolate’. At least you know in the Northern Territory, they pull no punches. This is typical of the straight-talking Territorians, rough-as-guts hard-working types who drink Piss and shit in the outdoor dunny. Even most of the women round here look like the kind of blokes who’d have to fly- ... read more
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In the late 1970s David Attenborough bravely attempted to cram the entire history of life on this planet into just under 12 hours of television. Most would agree he did a pretty good job, all things considered, but inevitably more than a few bits were left on the cutting room floor. Almost 30 years later Andy and Debbie set out from their home in Cairns, Australia, to chronicle a few of the finer points David may have missed, with particular emphasis on the remarkable decline over the intervening period of that fine specimen, the Mullet. We hope you will enjoy these 'Missing Episodes' as much ... full info
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