Burning the landscape

Th aborgials believe that burning incites new growth.

June 26th 2009
DAY 231 It was a cool night, again we slept under just one blanket, to start with the humidity was high and we lay there longing for the coolness of the night, the good thing though that we were inside and the mozzies were outside. Throughout the night we hear the usual abundance of wildlife, the different sounds the shuffling of the leaves, the crunching of the leaves, the strange calls fro ... read more

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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

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Back in the November of 2008, we embarked on an adventure that would take us out of everything that we were so familiar with, a comfortable life in the UK, friends, family and the English countryside. Some call it brave, others thought that we would be back, but above all, most people helped us embrace the challenge that lay ahead of us. Weary of corporate life, we emigrated to Australia, with the notion of buying a 4 wheel drive and camper trailer and a 12 month trip to explore our adopted country, Not an easy thing to do as we had to start from scratch, simple things like knife, fork, s... full info

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