Darwin Sunset

Looking For Crocodile Dundee

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April 30th 2012
Geo: -12.4613, 130.842Back in my younger days when I was telling the girls in a bar late at night that I was surgeon and part time astronaut, Darwin, Australia would have been a top destination of choice (and for faithful readers of the blog, please don't tell DH that I'm not actually a NASA astronaut!).Situated at the top of the Northern Territories, Darwin should be a place of wilder ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » 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