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| On Port Douglas beach, one can see some funny things on the sand ... |
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| ... small crabs dig holes to hide, putting the sand out, shaped like dozens of balls |
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| Of course, since there are thousands of these small crabs ... |
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| ... there are many thousands of holes, and the beach is covered with tiny sand balls. |
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| Among weird things on the beach, we found a flying Swede, as Jonas was trying kite-surfing :) |
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| Muumi and Kiki are in danger !!! Or perhaps they have a new friend ? |
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| Flowers here are quite impressive |
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| Green Weaver Ants organize themselves in tying leaves together (really impressive, click to enlarge the picture and see the details) |
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| Some of them grip with their teeth, some with their legs ... |
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| ... in the same time, others start to glue the leaves. When the job is done it can look lie this. |
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| Here you can see some of that white glue. |
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| This is our hotel ! |
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| Some palm trees have funny shape on top, below the leaves. |
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| This is close to Cairns |
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| Statue of Captain Cook |
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| Along Cairns promenade |
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| Congress center |
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| In the park (close to the sea), people can use public barbecues. This tree is usually found in closeby rainforest. |
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| Many birds come at low tide in search of food |
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| After Cairns, roads goes along mountains, often covered with rainforest. |
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| Colourful butterflies are common |
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| Curly, twisty branches |
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| Along the roads, one can find heaps of banana plantations |
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| And heaps of sugarcane |
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| At some point, no more bananas, only sugarcanes, for many hundreds of kms, with small forest in between fields |
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| In this area, the Cassowary bird can sometimes be seen. After Ostriches and Emus, this is the third tallest and heaviest living bird. |
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| Around the Tropic of Capricorn, landscape changes slowly, and becomes savannah-like |
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| Sometimes, you get some swamps too |
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| Trains are long, as in "very very very ... long" |
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| Low tide close to Bowen I believe |
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| As far as I'm concerned, this is the only "nice" building I found in Mackay |
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| As we stopped for the night in a campervan park, we had to queue for toilets. "It's busy !" said the frog |
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| More savannah |
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| Typical cow farm |
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| Adverts for road security in Australia are similar to those in New Zealand or in the UK: quite violent. Here: "Rest or Rest In Peace" |
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| Noosa Heads, Sunshine coast |
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| Glass House Mountains |
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| Mount Beerwah and Coonowrin |
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| Mount Tibrogargan |
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