Azure kingfisher, Kakadu

West is best, or is it?

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October 27th 2008
We were planning on finding out whether or not the west of Australia was indeed the best (like Canada!) by undertaking a gruelling trip from Darwin to Perth overland, and topping that off with a train ride across the outback back to Sydney. We covered about 7000km by road and then a mere 4,500km by train to finish. Having landed at Darwin we headed directly down to Kakadu National Park to check ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia

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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