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The Top End of the Northern Territory has a lush, green, tropical environment. The rest of the territory might also get a lot of rain in the wet season, but it is mostly desert, and red rock.
Looking at our path sailing around Australia:
For countless generations—long before European ships arrived—First Nations Australians (Aboriginals) called this continent home. They developed a unique culture over tens of thousands of years! Later, famous scientists like Charles Darwin arrived on ships like the HMS Beagle. Today, these two very different cultures live together on one land. As we sailed away, we realized we had spent so much time looking at the animals that we almost missed the amazing stories of the people who belong to this land. Can you imagine walking to Uluru?
An American from New York might pronounce words differently than one from Texas, but at the end of the day they are both speaking English.
The continent is home to over 250 distinct First Nations communities, each with its own unique culture and connection to the land! It’s estimated there are over 250 distinct languages – as different as English is from Japanese! It is their culture, their connection to the land and their beliefs that unite them as a people, while their many languages celebrate their unique histories in this vast land.
