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Have you ever read The Thornbirds or perhaps seen the movie? Imagine a 152,000 acre sheep station in the middle of the Australian Outback. Built in the 1930’s (the original homestead having burnt down), corrugated tin roofs cover plywood-thin walls. 3,000 sheep (and what seems like a similar number of kangaroos) call this place home, [...]

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A manta ray glides silently by in the turquoise-green water, flapping its arms as gently as a butterfly. A silver fish leaps out of the water, creating an arch in the sunlight. A few glass-bottom boats sail off in the distance. They are full of eager tourists in search of whale sharks and manta rays [...]

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