Winning ride (a local Aboriginal)

Katherine Show

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July 22nd 2007
We decided to take advantage of our luck arriving in Katherine just when their annual show was on, and so we’ve stayed the last two days to see it. Bull and bronco riding, cattle wrestling, barrel racing (with horses and motorbikes) fireworks, amusement rides (many blow up, but some impressive portable scary ones). I think the rest stop may have helped my shoulder, which is still fairly sore des ... 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