Termite Mounds

A Long, Long Drive to Kakadu

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August 3rd 2006
When we eventually got the car sorted we headed off to Kakadu. On the way out of Darwin we passed somewhere called Truck City. This is where I was advised to hitch from when we arrived in Darwin and were trying to find work seventeen years ago. Just by Truck City was the notorious sign that gave the 1479km distance to Alice Springs - depressing when it was where I was trying to get to on the way t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kakadu National Park

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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