Banyan Tree in Brisbane Botanics

Tall Tales of Turtles and Other Exotica

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January 8th 2007
Up early despite late night and excess alcohol (home brew, red wine, port and drambuie are not really recommended). Morning here is a bit like living beside the aviary at a zoo -parakeets, lorrikeets, our old friend the mynah and I don't know what else - a dawn caucophony rather than dawn chorus. Organised car-hire and trip to see loggergead turtles, Wendy had a quick dip in the outdoor pool then ... read more

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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