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Seattle Times - PERTH, Australia French sailboarder Raphaela Le Gouvello set off Sunday to windsurf 3,900 miles across the Indian Ocean, a voyage she expects will last 75 days. Her 25-foot sailboard includes a cabin for sleeping. She plans to stand on her board
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Your Australia tour continues with a flight north from the red desert to the tropical rainforests of Queensland. Your resort is located in the oldest living rainforest on earth, just outside of Daintree National Park.
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Red is the predominant colour found in the soil, the rocks and Uluru (Ayers Rock) which are all situated in Central Australia (... known as the Red Centre). Surrounding the centre are a number of meteorite crators, canyons and valleys. The capital of the Northern Territory is Darwin.
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Australia is a land of contrasts - topographical, cultural, physical, meterological and visual. About 40,000 years ago, the Aborigines were the first to settle. They lived as hunters and gatherers for this entire time, living with a close link to nature, although backburning and other poor agricultural techniques have since been realised to have caused significant deforestation, salinification of the soil and elimination of much of the natural diversity of the landscape. Such a poor ability to interact with nature, despite it being so important, helps explain why much of Australia is now unsuitable for sustaining life. Interestingly, this provides one of the few examples of where the native population damaged the land more than later waves of settlers. Their way of living developed into a complex culture based on oral tradition and intricate social bounds, which was almost destroyed by the second wave of settlers, who were able to populate the land with much more success.
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Australia has its own dollar (AUD), which generally trades at about 70-80 US cents. Notes come in $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 and coins come in 5¢, 10¢, 20¢, 50¢ and $1. Most places will accept credit cards and debit cards, though charge cards are less commonly accepted.
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