DARWIN...northern lights 103

DARWIN...northern lights

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March 5th 2009
Only a 4 hour stint in the car this time, arrived in Darwin in the dark and took a few minutes longer than usual to locate the apartments but we found it eventually and headed pretty swiftly to bed. Plenty to choose from!! beds enough for 11 people and only 3 of us there! Bit of an upgrade to the spacious cabin of Katherine and our own ensuite again!! Our first morning we went down to the local ... 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