Rainforest Station

Kuranda

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April 7th 2007
Today we took a road trip to Kurnada about a 45 minute drive up into the mountains inland from Cairns. We stopped at Rainforest Station Wildlife Park. We saw dingos, koalas, kangaroos, and wallabys. The scariest animal was a 5m croc called Jack-The-Ripper so named because he killed his last 12 mates, needless to say he has his own cage! I was wondering why it took them so long to separate him? ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Cairns City

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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