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Kakadu - Yellow Waters, Nourlangie Rock

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July 21st 2008
Mon 21st July We have a very early start; awake 5:45, pickup 6:15. We plan to get some sleep on the coach, but the driver / guide has other plans. He talks pretty much constantly over the microphone for the whole journey, covering a plethora of subjects from Aborigine culture to Australian history to plant biology to cow herding techniques to geography. Most of it is interesting stuff, but ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kakadu National Park

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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