sulphur-crested cockatoo

it was the best of times...

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December 30th 2008
day two in sydney involves a heavy dose of the beach. first however, we have the lovely wake up call i received from every bird in a 30 miles radius of kade's house. i woke up at 4am (i went to bed at 1am. i shouldn't be awake yet). i managed to fall back asleep about 445am but as soon as the sun started to come up (around 530am), the birds began performing a dreadful opera. i'm not sure what the ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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