Wetlands near Norman River

Mt Surprise and Normanton (2 - 5 June)

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June 10th 2009
We stayed for a night at Bedrock Village Caravan Park in Mt Surprise. This was a nice caravan park and worth remembering if we are back this way one day. It was also where Steve, one of the workers here, identified the Brown tree snake that we had come across at Lake Eacham - see our previous blog entry. Steve also invited us into his cabin to show us all the bits and pieces of fossils, shells, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Normanton

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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