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Central Mount Stuart  
   

Central Mount Stuart

Not quite the centre of Australia, but explorer John McDouall Stuart got it nearly right in 1860
Up Mr Stuart's Track

July 22nd 2009
This month I showered with six frogs. They were nice little frogs, especially the bright green one on top of the toilet cistern, but it’s a little disconcerting when you have to get naked in front of them and take off your glasses so you can’t see when they’ve decided to leap across from one wall of the shower cubicle to the other. They were in different places when I’d completed my ab ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Darwin

Australian Flag 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
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