The mermaid(!)

Mossman Gorge

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September 10th 2005
Took a bus up to Mossman Gorge this morning- a little river that runs through the rainforest amongst these massive round boulders. It was a really pretty place. It was one of those times I was glad to be on my own. I managed to climb up and sit on one of the boulders and it was like being at one with creation just sat there watching the perch and the butterflies. I saw what I thought was ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Port Douglas

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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