Picnic Precipice

Land Down Under

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March 4th 2010
After the flight debacle from Bali, our first Australian state turns out to be Western Australia, where we spent the sum total of 5 hours in Perth airport waiting for a connecting flight. Then it's off to Northern Territory and after 12 hours in Darwin, Nic wants to be back in WA!! Darwin was once a burgeoning town with a gold rush, now it's highlight is that David Gulpilil lives there (you kn ... 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