Black Footed Rock Wallaby

Darwin and Kakadu

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May 13th 2009
Spending two days in Darwin was just about as much tropical heat as I could take. It was sooo humid up there and yet they were coming to the end of the 'Wet' season so it was not as bad as it could have been!!! Darwin is a nice city, with the CBD minutes from the ocean. Thought the most frustrating thing was that we could not go in the water for fear of jellyfish, sharks, crocs, deadly sea sn ... 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