Egret over the floods

13th February 2008

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February 14th 2008
13th February 2008 The big storm has now passed but we are still having frequent showers. However, 30 degree rain showers do not seem too bad, they just cool you down a bit. There has been some flooding in the area and we saw some evidence of the floods where there was mud from the fields across the road. The first hundred metres of the sea is also turning a red colour as the earth from the land ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gladstone

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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