Kakadu

Kakadu

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March 26th 2009
After Hong Kong the next stop was Darwin where we managed to book on a tour of Kakadu national park the following day. A 6am start and we were off, traveling towards the jumping crocodile cruise. The cruise on the Adelaide river involved a "sheila" hanging a piece of meat over the edge of the boat and teasing the crocs by getting them to jump for the meat and then lifting it at just the righ ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory

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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