Kangaroos

The animals

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April 16th 2007
I have seen a variety of wild-life throughout my trip, but nowhere it was as concentrated as on Kangaroo island. Penguins, seals of different kinds, platypus, koalas, wallabies and kangaroos, of course, to name a few of the animals we saw. I believe I've already commented about the way wild animals seems unusual to me, and it was even stronger now. Walking near the farm we were staying at and not ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Kangaroo Island

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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