CaptainCook

Update from North Queensland

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October 16th 2010
Our next port of call was Weipa, home of the largest deposit of aluminium containing Bauxite in the world (allegedly) . So we just had to go for a mine tour. When I think of mines, I think of underground, but here they just scrape it off the top. They are very eco friendly though, and remove the topsoil first, then they replace it and reseed when they have finished, and in a few short years you w ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Lucinda

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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