this is for you ken

Day 24 and 25

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October 8th 2008
Morning everyone. It was an early get up courtesy of Ro this day. He wanted to get up early and beat the heat. That didn't really work though, it was hot at 7am already. A quick brekky and another pack up, or should i say, the last pack up for the mums and kids. The flies were atrocious, sticky and there seemed to be hundreds of them. The Bushmans and Tropical Aeroguard had no effecct whatsoe ... 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