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First week in Ngukurr

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August 24th 2014
Well, I have been in Ngukurr for 8 days so far...what an amazing place! Early last week we found a green tree frog in our toilet. I tried to coax it out but it climbed up under the rim. One of the students gave me excellent instructions on how to get it out with a stick, but thankfully he came out at his own accord a few days later. The Ngukurr Community School is just lovely, and filled with e ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Katherine

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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