Mapleton Falls National Park, Montville

Barry is standing amongst the very tall Piccabeen Palms on the Wompoo Circuit Walk in the National Park. The base of the leaf is so big and thick the local Aboriginals used to use them as water carriers.

Marvellous Montville

July 7th 2014
A really strong wind came up in the night and we kept getting such fierce gusts that they shook the van. It did drop a little during the morning, though, and the sun was lovely and warm so it turned into a quite pleasant day, out of the chilly wind. We went into Montville along a road that constantly revealed wonderful scenery glimpses through the trees or around corners, especially from the to ... read more

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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

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