Malanda Falls

Craters, Cassowaries and the Cretaceous Period

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September 26th 2010
If anywhere in Australia has reminded us of New Zealand and the Waikato, it’s the Atherton Tablelands. With rolling hills, volcanic origins, pockets of rainforest, dairying, waterfalls and rivers that run all year round, it also doesn’t have the humidity of Cairns, 70km the other side of the coastal ranges. With only slight protestations from Rhys, we did the waterfall circuit, taking de ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Sapphire

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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