Sundays Catch

Tinaroo Dam

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November 7th 2008
Tony left us at Blencoe to head home and back to work, we trekked further inland through Mt Garnett to Milanda, the dairying centre of the area. We were headed for Lake Tinaroo, a large manmade lake which is kept stocked with Barramundi, and it just happened we arrived on the weekend of the ‘Barra Bash’ - a fishing competition which attracted 800 adult and 300 children entrants! There were he ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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