Barry At Uluru

Ending Our Chapter In Australia

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June 12th 2010
We had to switch sites in our latest caravan park in Cairns. Why? Because the huge tree above us came into bloom. And with the flowers came hundreds of rainbow lorikeets who feed on the nectar. We didn't mind them - they go to sleep (and go quiet) at dark every night. But what bothered us was the fruit bats we could see crawling around the flowers at dusk. They're so huge and we (okay, Barr ... 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