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Glass House Mountains

Named by the amazing Captain James Cook (who thought they looked like the furnace towers of glass factories in 1780's England ) they are formed of volcanic plugs
The Night My Hair Turned White: Adventures in Australia

May 15th 2009
I may have gone overboard with all the animal photos in this entry, but our visit to the Australia Zoo showed us so many new animals that neither of us had ever seen!! So we hope you enjoy the pictures of koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devil, kookaburra and more!! I also want to give Randy credit as the photographer, which he is and has been for almost all the blogs (except the ones with my parents ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

Australian Flag 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
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13th April 2011

great View;-)

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