Typical Scenery!

Kakadua National Park!

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February 20th 2006
After a shrot drive from Darwin we stopped in a town called Jabiru in the heart of Kakadu national park to find the only accommodation out of our budget and the nearby NP attractions closed due to the huge rains that have besieged the area. We decided to drive a further 50km south (still in Kakadu national park) where we were able to stay at the Gagudju Lodge YHA in Cooinda where we settled in for ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » 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