George Brown Botanical Garden

Outback Odyssey

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September 18th 2009
Day 2 - Out and about in Darwin & surrounding area I don't like to sit around when I'm on holiday because I figure that I can do that at home and it doesn't cost me anything. So we do what I call "the buffet tour" when we're on holiday - it's a little bit of this and a taste of that and if the kids want to come back later in their lives for seconds then it's up to them! So today we got up earl ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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