Scarlet macaw

Kuranda

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March 9th 2008
For the past week Cairns and the surrounding areas have been in the middle of a monsoon. Towns nearby (as in perhaps a 15-20 minute drive away) have had families trapped inside of their houses from the flooding. The river, I think it is the Barron River, rose 12 meters higher than normal in like 3 days or something. The father was impressed by my use of the metric system when I relayed this inf ... 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