Tree Troll

Boabs and beaches.

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September 19th 2011
Yesterday we thought we had left the boab trees behind us, but today we were pleased to see that they remained in the landscape. Today we noticed some very old, gnarled boab trees, which we hadn’t seen before. We stopped to photograph one in particular, at a rest stop at Erskine Gorge. It was a huge tree, so we think it must have been very old. Of course, because of its location, it was well ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Broome

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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