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Christmas - Finally in Australia

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December 24th 2005
Arriving in Darwin was like arriving in a different world (planet Oz). Suddenly everything was airconditioned, clean, working, and efficient. And right from the beginning I felt that Australians (Ozzies) are quite friendly and helpful. For a start the other passenger on my flight from Timor gave me a lift into the city center. Here I figured out another major thing had changed, the speed you spend ... 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