A dingo

Australia

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November 18th 2008
It was spitting with rain when we woke up, and the sky was gloomy. It was the sort of day where you wanted to roll over and go back to sleep rather than getting up at 6am to go on a tour. Matt tried to tempt me to cancel the trip and lose the £30 deposit we’d paid but I really wanted to see Fraser Island and was trying my best to be optimistic about the weather clearing up, so I dragged him ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser Island

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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