Daintree River ferry crossing

Beware the Lorikeet

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October 18th 2005
We know it has been a long time since we have written one of these, but we have good reason - we were in the wilds of Australia. Well not really, but we were busy communing with the animals at the Daintree Mangroves Wildlife Sanctuary. We have had quite an exciting time in the last two weeks WWOOFing (Willing Workers on Organic Farms) with a bunch of animals (and some wildlife too). The Sanctua ... 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