musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus)

these are diurnal so this photo was actually taken during the morning, with the flash used as a filler, even though it looks like a nocturnal shot.

last chance for cassowary

August 20th 2008
I had a few days before I left for home but very little money to do much with, so after coming back from Undara I headed once again to Kuranda. Its nicer and quieter and cheaper to stay there than in Cairns, and of course I still didn't have a cassowary to my name. Not having seen a cassowary on a trip to north Queensland is like not seeing an elephant when you go into the elephant house at the zo ... 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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