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Cobourg Peninsula


 

The Cobourg Peninsula is located 350km east of Darwin in the Northern Territory, Australia. Mostly a tourist attraction it is constituted mostly of parks and is known for its pristine wilderness. It is home to a large variety of sea life and the worlds largest herd of pure-strain banteng. It is also renown for its Aboriginal culture. While it is only sparsely inhabited today, it was once the site of an attempt at founding a major traditing port, Port Essington, of which the ruins are still accessible today.

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Darwin - Northern Territory - Australia - Banteng - Aboriginal - Port Essington

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