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Rainforest Habitat

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April 25th 2010
This morning I got up early and caught the local bus to the Rainforest Habitat. I met my friend Ella there, and we first had breakfast with the birds, and then joined a few walking/feeding tours and then wandered around on our own. It's a huge bird aviary with loads of strange birds, some koalas, crocs, roos and wallabys. I was there for 5 hours in total and had a great time. I tried to name t ... 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