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Where To Toss The Bags
Like most visitors, I flew Qantas Airways into Sydney. My flight to the land down under was long, but the entertainment options are outstanding and their ‘Skybeds’ in Business Class were very comfortable. Qantas and American Airlines have code-share arrangements for ease of connections in major U.S. airports.
Qantas Airlines
800.227.4500
www.QantasUSA.com
After arrival in Australia and a commercial flight to Darwin in the Northern Territory, we stayed at the Sky City Darwin, a premium five-star boutique hotel and casino.
Sky City Darwin Hotel
011+61.08.8943.8888
www.skycitydarwin.com.au
Another nice resort on the Cobourg Peninsula in the country north of Darwin, is Seven Spirit Bay Wilderness Lodge. The various suites surrounded by the extensive foliage on the resort grounds are all comfortable.
Seven Spirit Bay Wilderness Lodge
011+61.08.8979.0281
www.peppers.com.au/Seven-Spirit-Bay
Near the Mary River lies Point Stuart Wilderness Lodge, a small, comfortable resort where we dropped our bags. The lodge, which happens to be near the Top End’s best barramundi fishing, has 15 units with private baths and air-conditioning. They also offer bunk bed rooms and safari camp accommodations with shared facilities and camp kitchens for the economically minded. They have a good restaurant and plenty of hopping wallabies.
Point Stuart Wilderness Lodge
011+61.08.8978.8914
www.pointstuart.com.au
For charters, Paul Massey can book trips to the Mary River and easily set up lodge/resort reservations both in Darwin and near the fishing.
Paul’s Sport-fishing Safaris
011+61.08.8932.3156
paulsbarra@hotmail.com
Other Notes of Interest
About Australia
- Official Name: Commonwealth of Australia
- Area: 3 million sq mi;
- (Northern Territory approx. 500,000 sq mi)
- Capital: Canberra
- Population: 21 million
- Government: Democratic, federal-state system
- Economy: Australia’s market economy is dominated by its services sector, yet it is the agricultural and mining sectors that account for the bulk of Australia’s exports.
- Culture: The Northern Territory is a composite of many different Aboriginal cultures with hundreds of different languages, customs and laws.
- Weather: Relatively dry and subject to drought, ranging from temperate in the south to tropical in the far north (Northern Territory).
- Language: English
- Currency: Australian Dollar (1 AU$ = $.88 US)
For more information visit:
ww.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2698.htm
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