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Christmas & Cocos Islands: a close-knit community
There’s a melting pot of traditions on these islands and the result is a close-knit community.
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Christmas & Cocos Islands: History of the Cocos
Darwin was struck by the beauty of these islands when he visited the area.
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Christmas & Cocos Islands: Turtle research
Five out of six of the world’s marine turtles have been spotted off the Cocos islands, but the hawkesbill and green turtles come in big numbers.
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Christmas & Cocos Islands: Exploring caves
Spectacular limestone caves with stalactites and stalagmites can be found around Christmas Island.
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Christmas & Cocos Islands: Birdwatcher’s paradise
It’s ridiculously easy to see all types of sea birds on Christmas Island.
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Christmas & Cocos Islands: March of the crabs
Crabs are king of the creatures on Christmas Island.
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Christmas & Cocos Islands: History
What do we really know about Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) islands? We take a look back at the history of these wild islands.
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Christmas & Cocos Islands: Intro
There are more than 8000 islands off Australia’s coast but few rival these ones
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Red Centre: Watarrka National Park
Watarrka is home to around one-third of the total Northern Territory land species. Almost 600 plant species can be found in the oasis of the park. These include 60 rare and relic species which exist in moist microhabitats created by joint lines in the sandstone.