Sea Darwin: bringing responsible tourism to the top end
It was after returning from a 12 month sabbatical on a 40-foot yacht traversing the West Pacific that Jim Smith, Heather King and their three children realised how lucky they were to call the Top End home.
the family returned to the Northern Territory with a renewed appreciation for our pristine waterways and wonderful marine life and vowed to start a tourism business that would ensure the sustainability of the ecology for future generations.
Watch the Sea Darwin story.
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