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Yellow Waters Billabong and the Daly River

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July 31st 2011
Well it has been a while but we have been out of service range. After leaving Jabiru we headed to Cooinda and the Yellow Waters Billabong. We decided to book a boat cruise on the billabong and thoroughly enjoyed it. After Jabiru we were not as impressed with the camping ground at Cooinda but we eventually got set up and enjoyed our time there. We were tempted to put our own boat in the billabo ... 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