Pete's Barra

Nhulunbuy

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June 20th 2009
The next part of our trip Kym and I were really looking forward too, heading to a part of Australia that not many people visit, and those that do, usually fly in from Darwin. The road in to Nhulunbuy is 750 km’s from Katherine with about 650 of those on gravel, and there was a particular river crossing prevented us from getting a transit permit as it was well over 1mtr under water. (You need a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Arnhemland

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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