Gunshot Creek

Eliot Falls & OTT

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July 21st 2009
We got away from Weipa by 7.30am. Well done we thought, seeing we had to fill the water tank as well as doing Kate’s hair. Her latest hair style is a pony tail with 6, yes 6 plaits coming out of the back. Saw an older girl who does this herself every day, and it look good and lasts a few days without getting knotty - just takes a while to do. Saw the ship being loaded with Bauxite at the Wei ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape York

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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