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I can roll and wave  
   

I can roll and wave

However, unlike my bottlenose and other ocean loving dolphins, I cannot breach or stand on my tail.
The Australian Humpback Dolphin

April 8th 2016
Place names in Australia are interesting - some finding their origin with the original land owners, others from European sailors from the 1770's and on. I was expecting some unusual story where a mystery message washed ashore in a tin can. Nope! It appears that this is an unusual adaption of the aboriginal land owners name - Tuncanba. Tuncan is the seam mammal we know as a dugong, and ba is 'th ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Tin Can Bay

Australian Flag 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
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