Palm City Resort

Saturday Nov 25, 2017

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November 25th 2017
Darwin has been a nice surprise. It’s a very modern city of about 150,000 people. Of course, it’s modern because it was bombed by the Japanese in 1942 and then destroyed again by Cyclone Tracy in 1974. It's spreading because of other factors, such as the oil and gas industry and the influx of foreign workers and immigrants. Still, it has a frontier feel. Many younger people, many adventurous ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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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