From rainforest to reef 20141116_135509

From rainforest to reef

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November 17th 2014
A busy couple of days! Yesterday (Sunday) was riding in the rainforest, from a working sugar cane farm. The owner picked me up and dropped me back at the hostel, then once kitted out with a riding hat we met the horses. There were about 8 of us, and I was given a paint mare called Sox. First impressions were stocky, with hooves hard as nails and a stock saddle. The farm had very little grass ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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