the Aussie Ute

Old Faces From Home (part 2)

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October 10th 2007
Australia. Home to many of the world's most dangerous creatures. Stonefish. Box jellyfish. Redback spiders. Blue-ringed octopus. Brown snakes. Funnelweb spiders. Great White Sharks. Saltwater crocodiles. And my personal favourite, the dropbear. A dropbear is similar to a koala, but much, much larger. They live in the branches of trees and drop down on unsuspecting targets. If the initial fall of t ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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