Daves Birds Cheeky and Echo

Port Douglas, Mossman, Atherton Tablelands and Dave

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January 14th 2008
On arriving back from the Whitsundays afer my 11 hr bus trip I headed up into the rainforest to do some wildlife spotting and filming with Dave. We visited the volcanic lake Eachem for a swim and tea and scones on Lake Barrine. We spotted lots of bandicoots, rat kangaroos, turtles and waterdragons. When it was dusk we set up camp on a cliff edge and had a view of the whole misty valley to wake upt ... 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