Tropic of Capricorn

Kangaroo Sightings!!

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October 15th 2008
October 12, 2008 We were out of the caravan park by 6:30 AM and we even cooked breakfast and had showers. I’m writing this as we drive along, back on the Pacific Coast Highway. We’ve messed around too much and need to get a full days drive in today to get some miles behind us. The drive is an event in itself, though. We’ve seen mango orchards, dozens of little ponds with lotus blooms, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach

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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