Mt Isa City Lookout ... Hong Kong 5493kms away

Into the Outback

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July 7th 2008
Would you believe that I have today been on the road for 6 weeks? It hardly seems it at all. 42 days gone .... I have seen so much ... but there is still so much more to see! I arrived in Darwin today. Yes ... a long long way from Cairns. After a football result which was obviously brought on by some dodgy refereeing, I packed up the JGG on Thursday morning and left Cairns for the trek sout ... 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