Mindl Beach

14 North to Darwin 21 June

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June 21st 2011
This has been travel week, where the cruise control has been on duty almost all the time. On Wednesday 15th we had the usual Alice Springs start of -1.7deg. So - out of here. As we left Alice we called in to a repair guy who replaced the kitchen tap which had sprung a major leak inside somewhere. We also got a new foot for the van which we had broken the second night out! 413 km later – Dev ... 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