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Day 33: On the road heading south from Cairns‏

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January 11th 2013
Today involved quite a bit of driving but we did take a couple of detours on our way. First stop was the Granite Gorge, situated about 20 minutes outside the small town Mareeba. Here wallaby's will feed from your hand, we saw a couple of young ones and a tiny one still in the pouch! Then we were back on the road to Yungaburra in the hope of seeing a Platypus (no such luck!). Our next stops wer ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Mareeba

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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