A swim hole at katherine gorge

Katherine Gorge & Kakadu NP

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July 6th 2006
"The road is long"... We drove through the Queensland bush across the ‘Savannah Way’, which is single - track bitumen road that leads into the Northern Territory (that only the monster road trains use). We passed millions of termite mounds, road kill (inc. Kangaroos, Wallabies, Emus, Cows, Camels, Snakes, pigs, & rabbits), and the ‘Wedge-Tail’ Eagles - which are the biggest bird in Oz… ... read more

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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