Darwin 6

Darwin

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July 7th 2010
I decided to fly to Darwin as just to show how vast Australia is the bus journey from Cairns to Darwin takes two days. I was pretty excited to go to the national parks here as I was looking forward to seeing another side of Australia which would be very different from what I have seen so far. I arrived at my hostel Cavenaghs in the late afternoon to discover it filled with Aussies here on holiday ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Darwin » City of 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