DARWIN

From Yorkeys Knob we sailed up the Queensland coast inside the Great Barrier Reef to Cape York, the most northerly point of Australia. The soil here was red and dusty and this was real outback. Weather hotter. We crossed the Gulf of Carpentaria to Darwin. This is a modern city having been destroyed by cyclone Tracy in 1974. Lots of Aboriginals in town, most of whom looked down and out and drunk. We went on a camping trip to Litchfield and Kakadu National Parks and swam in fresh water pools and admired saltie crocs from afar. We viewed Aboriginal art and the Arnhemland escarpment. Arnhemland is Aboriginal territory.