Chris waiting for lunch and sorting out trips!

Australia - Darwin and Cairns

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October 28th 2011
DARWIN Flight was about ½ hour late leaving Singapore for the 4hr 10 minute flight to Darwin and after a near touchdown, he then took off again and circled around before landing at about 05.00am. There was an electric storm and the pilot said that the winds were a bit erratic which is why he went round again! Taxi to Hostel (Banyan View Lodge) which apart from being like a school building is fin ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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