Gorge #3

Canoeing the Gorge

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October 18th 2007
With a pre-dawn wake up call, we were on the road by 6am. The whole day would be spent at Nitmiluk National Park, home of Katherine Gorge. We would be given 5.5 hours to canoe down the gorges, have lunch and return. After this we were heading into Kakadu to spend the night. This day would involve the most driving. There is 13 gorges in total and we would be seeing 3 of them. During the dry sea ... read more

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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