Our Tour Group Enjoying Our Dinner Of Kangaroo Meat

Darwin And Around - Visiting A Small Part Of A Big Country

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April 4th 2009
I decided to view our visit to Australia as a test: what would British people be like if they actually had decent weather? On the basis of Darwin, they’d be friendlier, more relaxed and drunk. Though thinking about it now, maybe the first two points are a result of the latter… So, this is going to be another long blog. Sorry, but we were in Darwin for almost 2 weeks and most blogs are only wr ... 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