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Darwin - Mindil Beach

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July 20th 2008
Sun 20th July Still very hot. The information we were working on indicated that today is the big day - the Darwin Beercan Regatta! However, a local brochure indicates that we have missed it - it was last week apparently. Not sure if we were looking at the wrong year, or just got bad information from somewhere. But it looks as if the whole trip to Oz is a waste of time... ;-) . Just in case the ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Darwin » City of 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