Andrew, roughing it at Jabiru

Mareeba and back to Cairns

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June 23rd 2015
We slept well in our rustic tents (we did have beds with mattresses and blankets…) awaking to the sound of rainfall through the night and then the birds at daybreak. The laughing kookaburra was particularly remarkable and did seem to be amused with us. After making coffee (or something approximating coffee) with water heated on the gas barbeque, Lauren, Sonia and John went off for a short hike ... 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