Echidna

Another live animal! It's actually the only other mammal besides the platypus that lays eggs. This echidna put on a show for us (apparently they're usually really shy) and just dug up under rocks and the boardwalk for ants. So cute!!

A Missie Chrissie in Tassie

December 29th 2004
Hello! A Merry Belated Christmas to you!! And a Happy New Year's!!! I can't believe it's already this time of the year again! Time sure goes by very quickly. Thanks for all of your emails about the tsunami and earthquake and your concern!! Fortunately, I was in the middle of the woods at the end of a 4 day trek in Tasmania when the earthquake happened. I just learned of it yesterday evening and h ... 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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