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Close encounter!

Up close and personal to a tree snake... I'm sure that these ones aren't dangerous...I hope?!
Moke-ing around on Magnetic Island

April 1st 2006
I arrived on Magnetic Island on Friday 31st March after my first (of many) trips on the Greyhound bus from Cairns to Townsville. This part of my journey took me through cyclone central - cairns to Innisfail. It was really sad to see all the trees that had been ripped apart by the ridiculously strong winds and the houses that had had their roofs blown off... but evidence of the real force of the wi ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Magnetic Island

Australian Flag 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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