We are back in civilization and with a couple of loads of laundry to do. Our lodging has a guest laundry. Lucky, for me, they are the more traditional washing and drying machines and I’m able to make short work of the chore. We decide to spend our short time in Darwin visiting two of…
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Today is our much-anticipated trip into Arnhem Land, a vast wilderness area in the indigenous Aboriginal regions of the Northwest Territories. It’s a huge place – 38,600 square miles (almost the size of Kentucky) defined by rocky escarpments, rivers, waterfalls and Aboriginal rock paintings, likely the largest concentration of rock art in the world. Early…
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Our first stop of the day is Nanguluwur for a taste of Aboriginal Rock art. After a mile hike in, we are at the paintings, it is just us 3. A fairly small gallery, but exceptional paintings, I can think of no other place we have been that we have been able to just wander…
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Today is the 1st of our 3-day tour through Kakadu National Park & indigenous Arnhem Land. We’ve hired a guide through ‘Venture North’, a company which specializes in bush tours in the Northern Territories. A permit & guide are required to access remote portions of Kakadu and Arnhem and Venture North is one of the…
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