Standing in the Curtain Fig

Atherton Tablelands day 2

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November 25th 2006
Our second day of our 2 day trip ‘On The Walllaby’ started with breakfast at the lodge before an 18km bike ride throughout the surrounding country side - first stop The Curtain Fig Tree. Whilst admiring this 2 thousand year old tree Barbara (our guide for today) spotted a tree kangaroo clinging on to one of the trees, it was amazing, but no sooner had it been spotted, it was climbing down to h ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Atherton Tablelands

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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