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The Roar of the Red Rocket!!!

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February 9th 2009
Flies. So with Sydney finished we were off to be Backpackers again, well flashpackers really. We had no problems with our flights and ended up in Darwin the following day. Flies. The HEAT!! It was nothing like we've felt before, getting up to over 40 degrees, like we have had some really hot days in Sydney, but the humidity was a killer! Darwin is tiny , with very little to do, which was good, fli ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

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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