Katherine Gorge

The road trip from Alice Springs to Darwin

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November 24th 2009
OK after over a week on the road and internet-less I can finally catch up on this blog. After our day at Alice Springs we headed off on a fairly epic overland trip to Darwin taking three days and about 1500km. The trip was basically very long periods on the road with the occasional break for some kind of 'thing'. However between Alice and Darwin the attractions are spread very thinly indeed an ... 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