The Work of the Sand Crabs

Port Douglas and the Great Barrier Reef

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February 19th 2009
Port Douglas - Bats, Sand Crabs, and Fish - lots of fishes After a long travel day, we arrived in Port Douglas, north of Cairns in Queensland. We flew from Hobart, with a changeover from Tiger Air to Virgin Blue in Melbourne. Victoria was in its third week of the bushfires, with the death toll now reaching 189. Without TV in Hobart, we had just learned during our travels that they ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Port Douglas

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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