At Millaa Millaa falls

Lake Tinaroo (Danbulla National Park)

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August 8th 2012
August 8th 2012 It was a cool day with some light drizzle. We visited the Cathedral Fig Tree and the Curtain Fig Tree, both very impressive specimens. The Curtain Fig Tree is about 500 years old and once grew along a tree that fell on an angle, hence the angled root system. We drove through Yungaburra, a gorgeous historic town, and stopped at the creek where there is a walk and platypus viewing ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Atherton Tablelands

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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