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" A pretty scene fresh water", says the writing in the photo.

Henry HACKER (1876-1973) Henry Hacker Born Walthamstow, Essex, England, son of a surgical instrument maker. Early experience at British Museum. Arrived in Australia late 1890s and went gold prospecting and insect collecting in WA, SA, and NQ, often traveling long distances by bicycle. Supplied Coleoptera to many Australian taxonomists. Fought in Boer War 1900-1901. Farmed on Mulgrave River in NQ 1909-10 and was a neighbor to butterfly collector, Conrad Kelsall. Sold 6000 Coleoptera to Berlin Museum in 1910. Appointed insect curator at Queensland Museum 1911. Magnificent collector with great knowledge of habits and life histories. Built the QM research collections and made links with taxonomists around the world. Developed QM's public displays of insects. Skilled insect photographer. Published mainly on Hemiptera and Hymenoptera. Joined many of Perkins' UQ field trips. Seconded in 1929 to the Dept. of Agric. and Stock insect collection and served there until retirement in 1943, working 1-2 days per week at QM. Kept bees at his Herston home and became apiary inspector at the time of the foul brood outbreak in 1931. In retirement sold an extensive collection of Hemiptera to American hemipterous, Carl Drake, whose collection went to the Smithsonian. Hacker was a founding member of the Entomological Society of Queensland in 1923, serving on the first Council for 11 years, President in 1934, and Honorary Life Member from 1943. Source: www.esq.org.au/archive/HIstoricalPages/HackerH.html

If you’re visiting the Cairns and Port Douglas region in summer, you absolutely must check out some of our freshwater swimming spots as well as the iconic Great Barrier Reef. These are where the locals go to cool off and some, like Mossman Gorge, receive large numbers of tourists too. Families visit these jungle swimming holes because they are widely considered safe, there are no crocodiles or marine stingers here, (we hope!), and they are stunningly beautiful. Swimming in crystal clear, freshwater, deep in the jungle rainforest, surrounded by fish, is a bucket list experience. A series of photos and brief words about some of the swimming holes, waterfalls, and swimming lakes near Port Douglas and Cairns, the Daintree and Tablelands, in Far North Queensland Australia. Source: worldtravelfamily.com/fresh-water-swimming-spots-around-c...

The Tablelands plateau offers a diverse landscape of lush mountains, green valleys, sparkling lakes and streams, tumbling waterfalls, grassy savannah, endless plains and pockets of ancient rainforest. The Atherton Tablelands encompasses an area of around 64,000km² (25,000mi²) and forms part of Queensland's Great Dividing Range. Source: www.honeymoonguide.com.au/australia/atherton-tablelands.html

Geological history About 100 million years ago, the eastern edge of the Australian continent extended much further to the east, before tectonic forces fractured the eastern margin, pulling it apart. At the same time, slowly rising mantle material caused a doming up of the continental crust. As the eastern part of the continent broke away, it gradually sank below sea level.[1] Since that time, the uplifted western portion has been slowly eroding westwards, creating the abrupt Great Escarpment, which separates the coastal plain to the east from the uplifted tablelands to the west. From over 4 million to less than 10,000 years ago,[2][3] a series of volcanic eruptions occurred over the Atherton Tablelands. The oldest eruptions created large, gently sloping “shield volcanoes” that produced extensive basalt flows. These flows filled the pre-existing valleys, producing a relatively flat tableland surface, instead of the more dissected landscape that would have existed previously. About one million years ago, the style of eruption changed. The lavas became more gas-charged, throwing fragmented lava into the air which built the numerous, small scoria cones, such as the Seven Sisters, near Yungaburra. Some of the rising magma interacted with groundwater, producing violent eruptions that led to the formation of maar volcanoes, such as Lake Eacham and Lake Barrine. Although all the volcanoes in the Atherton Basalt Province are regarded as being extinct and volcanism has been waning over time, given the relatively recent activity, it is possible that further eruptions could occur in the future.[4] Source; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherton_Tableland