A Social Week, AND, finally, a Cassowary! 2. Books galore - Paul's idea of Heaven

A Social Week, AND, finally, a Cassowary!

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September 11th 2011
We only planned to spend a few days at Atherton, but ended up staying a week. We left yesterday, but I think we were all a little reluctant to move on, as it took us a whole day to drive 70kms! We kept making unscheduled stops: first to a secondhand book dealer with a home Paul would love to live in; then to do a river walk for a last chance to spot a tree kangaroo (which, alas, we did not, but we ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Atherton

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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