Mountians

Trip to Chillagoe Part I

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April 27th 2011
I survived my first caving trip! It was quite an experience and there is much to say about it so I will break it up into 3 parts. The first part will be the car trip to Cairns and our stay with Krock before we got to Chillagoe, the second part will be arriving in Chillagoe and the events of the first day, and the third part will be caving, bat research, and the car trip back to Townsville. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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