The cave paintings

Australia

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November 27th 2008
I felt almost refreshed when I awoke at 7am for breakfast. The morning trip was to an aborigine cave which had paintings on the walls that were more than 500 years old. The dingy dropped us off group by group and we made our way up some steep steps that seemed to go on and on. It reminded me of the ice climb all over again. When we arrived on the boardwalk at the top of the steps, we took ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Townsville

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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