a curiously apt juxtapositioning of graffiti in Launceston

the hunting of the Snark...I mean thylacine

November 30th 2007
The thylacine is known by many names. Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf...well, I guess that's about all really. Once upon a time it dealt its tigery vengeance amongst marsupials all over Australia. The introduction of the dingo by Indonesian traders about 4000 years ago doomed the thylacine on the mainland and by the time Europeans discovered the country it was restricted to Tasmania. Which is ... 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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I live in New Zealand. I started this blog when going on a 2006 trip through southeast Asia for three months to see the wildlife. Since then I've been on more trips through NZ, Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia and back to Asia a few times looking for animals. Anyone who is not interested in animals and who thinks nature is a waste of space shouldn't be reading this blog. Go back to your bars and your temples and your massage parlours; the kind of birds I'm contemplating would not excite you. ... full info

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