Darwin Tour

Darwin

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October 21st 2008
Arrived in Darwin and caught the local airport bus into the city for $11 arrived at the hotel at 11:15 am to be informed that the hotel room was not ready for me. After a 15 minute wait in the lobby the room was ready but it overlooked the car park at the back when I had requested a sea view. The hotel soon moved me and I managed to get a room with a lovely sea view. I went for a walk around ... 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