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Windmill at Glendambo

Actually a wind pump
Alice!

April 26th 2009
Meet Gloria, our gorgeous new neighbour. She lives on the bush outside and is an Australian Golden Orb Weaving spider. She's a pretty clever spider, her massive web is yellow colour to attract bees to it and she can change the darkness of her silk to suit local conditions. If the weather gets too windy, she can release some of the structure so the web doesn't get blown away. So that birds don't fl ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

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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