P9170062

The Woodswallows have gone!

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September 18th 2014
The weather has decided to pick up a bit and we woke up to our migratory friends, the Woodswallows, no longer with us. They appeared about 5 days ago and there was a huge flock of them in and around the compound. While the weather has been so awful they seemed to like the She-oaks in our yard and hung around them most of the day. We enjoyed watching their antics and they had a peculiar way of hang ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania

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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