Cape Melville National Park

Cape York - Travelling to the Tip of Cape York

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August 25th 2010
The Cape York Peninsula has been identified as one of the great wild places left on earth, along with the Amazon and the Serengeti (Tanzania). Spectacular white sand dunes, beaches, Savannas (dotted with humungous termite mounds), Rainforests, Wild Rivers (21 as a matter of fact) and Wetlands. Indigenous people have lived on Cape York for thousands of years, the culture here is strong and several ... 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