Kangaroo in a Kan
So after diving for three days straight we get off the boat and relax? NOPE Drive over an hour up into the Atherton Tablelands above Cairns to see Rock Wallabies before the sun goes down. Wallabies are essentially miniature kangaroos. Can you see the little Joey??? :-)
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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]
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] Blog: Traipsing through the Tablelands
Date: August 12th 2011
After some relatively rough seas and a whale sighting, we sadly departed our floating home and transferred our huge amount of gear (read the list of dressing requirements for Team Awesome from our previous blog, our first one for the Australia trip) to a rental car so that we could drive out to the Atherton Tablelands. On our way into the countryside, we stopped at Granite Gorge Nature Park, wher ... read more
Date: August 12th 2011
After some relatively rough seas and a whale sighting, we sadly departed our floating home and transferred our huge amount of gear (read the list of dressing requirements for Team Awesome from our previous blog, our first one for the Australia trip) to a rental car so that we could drive out to the Atherton Tablelands. On our way into the countryside, we stopped at Granite Gorge Nature Park, wher ... read more
