We arrived in Darwin on monday 26th March. Darwin is the capital of Australias Northern Territory (NT) with only a popuation of around 80,000. Only 1% of Australians live in the NT, but NT covers 20% of Australias land mass. Darwin is still somewhat of a frontier town to many Australians, and is nearer to Jakarta, than it is to its own nations capital, Canberra. Darwin is a very modern town due to the bombing it took in WWII, and the devastating impact of cyclone Tracy on christmas eve in 1974. Darwin was the only city in Australia to suffer prolonged attacks during the war, 64 raids over the town, totalling in the loss of 243 lives. Cyclone Tracy's wind speeds peaked at 280km, and of Darwins 11,200 houses, only 400 survived. We stayed in
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