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December 28th 2011
So on my way up to Cooktown, which was about a 4 hour drive through the bush I saw my first Kangaroo. I also saw a few Wallabies, but they were road kill…but I did see a few grazing right next to the road, and I mean right next to the road. I nearly hit one before I saw him. They also let their cattle run free up here so there was cattle right next to the road, and I was one that had been hit. E ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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