Mareeba Kangaroos

Mareeba

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July 1st 2011
Howdy from Mareeba. Mareeba is inland from Cairns, on our way toward the Northern Territory. Today we went to a town called Atherton & visited the Crystal Caves. There is a photo of us with a giant Amethyst Geode. Look at how big it is! Tomorrow we go further west to a town called Georgetown where we will be going to a rodeo to see bull riding, horse riding & other things. It should be great fu ... read more

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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