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Adventures in Lamington Natinoal Park

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September 21st 2012
I had to wake up a 5 am this morning to catch the early 7am bus ride that would take us to Lamington National Park for our second field trip in the land down under. The two hour trip was filled with narrow windy roads for the last twenty minutes as we made our way up the mountain to Binna Burra lodge. The trip was full of long hikes everyday up to 17km each day that would be full of amazing rainfo ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Lamington National Park

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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