Darwin Wharf Precinct

Wintering over in The Top End

---

September 29th 2009
Clunk...whoosh...rattle...bang...slap...this has been my soundtrack for the last month, along with a mechanical cacophony backing track from industrial washing machines, driers and sheet folders in the Darwin commercial laundry where we’ve been working. We’d planned to spend some time in the Top End capital to find jobs as well as avoid the cold and wet winters they get down south. There are ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Darwin » City of Darwin

---

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