My very good photo of the platypus

Kangaroo Island

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April 4th 2007
Day two on the great KI (short for Kangaroo Island obviously!). We had to get up early but the bacon and eggs were a good incentive! We started the day by going to see the Remarkable Rocks. They were very funny shapes and remarkable because they were so huge yet only had a few points actually balancing them on the cliff. As you may be able to see in some of the pics. Our next stop was Admirals ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more