Mangroves - Cape Tribulation

Australia

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February 28th 2009
Australia Australia is a dangerous place ...snakes, spiders, crocodiles, jelly fish, shark attacks and also while I was there, fires and torrential flooding.....and by some luck I avoided it all. The plan was to fly into Cairns, travelling down the east coast to Sydney and onto Melbourne five weeks later. Cairns is one of the main stop offs to go diving and snorkelling at the G ... 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