Limmen National Park

Mataranka & Limmen National Park (21-22 June)

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June 25th 2010
On our 12 month 'OZ Trip' around Australia from June 2008 to 2009, we had only reached as far north as Cooktown in Queensland as we had run out of time to make a worthwhile trip to the tip of Cape York. On the way home to Darwin we had also wanted to travel up through the proposed Limmen National Park, located between Borroloola and Roper Bar in the NT, but two shredded tyres near Boodjamulla (L ... 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