Tablelands (3)

Atherton Tablelands and the Great Divide

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July 3rd 2009
Atherton Tablelands and the Great Divide, Queensland, Australia After leaving Lake Barrine, I traveled through the Atherton Tablelands. This area is primarily farming and dairy country in Australia. It reminded me a lot of England's rural areas....but seeing dairy cows standing under palm trees tipped me off that this wasn't the English countryside! Based on what my tour guide said, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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