Loggerhead turtle laying its eggs - mons repos

Whitsundays

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December 8th 2011
Moving south to avoid the wet season we ventured into the outback on single track roads trying to avoid being mown down by the road trains, which at over 50 metres long travelling at 100kmph own the road and delight in terrifying the unwary tourist van. Kangaroos, Kookaburras, huge insects, baking heat,dust and humidity told us that this was the real Australia, so we headed straight back to the co ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays » Hayman Island

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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