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DARWIN - DAYS AT SEA

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April 9th 2010
DARWIN - NORTHERN TERRITORY Sometimes, no matter how you try to avoid it, reality intrudes. In my case it came in the form of a head cold. I blame the dragon breath of Komodo but whatever caused it has laid me low for a couple of days. I had already canceled my tour for Darwin when I learned that the projected temperature was over 100 degrees. I would have had to get off the air-condition ... read more

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

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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