Western Port, a large tidal bay just an hour’s drive to the east of Australia’s second most populous city, Melbourne, is today home to Australian fur seals, whales, dolphins, and Phillip Island’s famous colony of fairy penguins. And according to the indigenous tribes of the area, and many of the colonists who first settled there, the…
During 1949, the locals of Mountain River, a small fruit growing settlement nestling at the foot of the southern slopes of Tasmania’s Mt Wellington, witnessed “a strange animal making queer noises” prowling the local area over many months. Men were “scared stiff” and the women refused to walk along the road unless accompanied by a…
In July 2011, a saltwater crocodile was found wandering a main street in the tourist city of Cairns in Far North Queensland. A ranger and several police wrestled the wayward croc with broom handles and a towel before loading it into a car and whisking it away. Australia certainly has its fair share of fearsome…
