Golden Orb spider

Bogans and Beasts in the Far North

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March 20th 2007
Well here I am actually holed up in Irvine waiting for the bloody rain to abate. I truly believe that we have brought the weather back with us from England but as they have been experiencing a very serious drought here then we probably shouldn't complain. That said, it is playing havoc with our camping. Anyway, due to technical jiggery pokery I am able to sit and write this and then simply upload ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Townsville

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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