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Croc Attack!

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May 18th 2006
On a recommendation from my brother and his family (especially my nephew Anthony), I went to Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, in between Cairns and Port Douglas. There were over 200 freshwater and estuarine crocodiles at the park. Sounds like a lot until you find out most of them are in the farm and are future handbags and boots. I saw a crocodile named Sollie after the pet dog it ate on New Yea ... 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