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Outback Australia

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July 10th 2006
Scott writes: Bloody Hell, we know it has been a while since our last installment but we do have a good reason! We decided to take a proper road trip and drive across the country to Darwin and then down the centre from top to bottom, before heading east, to our final stop in Melbourne. Ok so starting where we left off in Cairns Cairns is a busy little party town which made w ... 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