Sunset fishing on the Dawson River

Theodore Junction

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October 6th 2013
With an ‘Extreme Fire Danger’ weather warning for the Darling Downs, we opted for an early start to avoid the heat and winds that strengthen as the day progresses. We were on the road by 6:35am. This wasn’t difficult as hoards of honey eaters noisily fed in the nearby flowering silky oak at the crack of dawn and heavy vehicles began thundering up the streets as the daily mining routines beg ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Rockhampton

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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