#kuranda — Public Fediverse posts
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I've been going through unsorted accessions in the #Australian National #Insect #Collection (#ANIC) here in Canberra to find any plume #moths (#Pterophoridae) and many-plume moths (#Alucitidae) before doing more work to revise the fauna of these two families.
Today, I found this specimen collected by David Rentz in #Kuranda #Queensland in 2007 - it's not a known named Australian species but it looks a close match for Platyptilia microbscura recorded only from #Misool, an island to the west of #NewGuinea:
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Today's historic photo of the day: the interior of the manual signal cabin at Kuranda, Qld, July 26 1986
#Kuranda is 34km northwest of Cairns on the 1067mm gauge Atherton Tablelands line. These days it is the terminus of the Kuranda Tourist train that twice daily brings tourists from Cairns up the spectacular line through the Barron Gorge. The tourist trains ran in 1986 too, but back then, there were also regular goods trains and passenger railcars further west to Mareeba and Ravenshoe.
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On this day in 2014, I travelled on the Savannahlander from Mareeba to Kuranda in Queensland.
The Savannahlander is a 4 day rail tour that runs from Cairns to Forsyth and return. The return journey is a leisurely 424km, and runs weekly for most of the year.
The journey is made by vintage 2000 class railcars, and is the only train running beyond Kuranda.
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New at my Patreon... I travelled in Gold Class on a Kuranda Scenic Railway train, enjoying items made with local ingredients: including mango sorbet, coffee, & a memorable ANZAC biscuit.
Read "Eating well on the rails to Kuranda" at https://www.patreon.com/posts/eating-well-on-86982049
#RailTravel #TrainTravel #Train #Trains #Food #Drink #Tropical #Cairns #Kuranda cc @diningcar @seatsixtyone
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Caught a train along the spectacular Kuranda Scenic Railway this morning. Now I'm having a beer at the pub while @NarrelleMHarris has a look around the town. Tough day.
#Kuranda #Cairns #Queensland #Railway #Train #Trains #Tropical
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And more butterflies (taken with the big camera, but unfortunately I only had the birding lens, so not great for macro).
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We visited the butterfly house in Kuranda before having to head back to the cable car.
Good, large walk-in enclosure easily traversed in the time we had. #FNQ #Kuranda #butterfly #farfalle