A Black Parrot

14th February 2008

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February 15th 2008
14th February 2008 It started raining heavily yesterday about 2pm in the afternoon and continued most of the night. I was convinced we were going to be marooned at the camp site as the land is low and the creeks were overflowing from the day before. We left our beachside cabin not knowing whether we would be able to get to Gladstone or not as we had heard on the television of roads in the area b ... 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