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A small-town entree to Australia’s wonders (Boston Globe)
PORT DOUGLAS, Australia - “Kiss the toad, mate!’’ Kiss a toad? I had come to tropical Queensland to get close to Australia’s wildlife, but this wasn’t exactly what I had in mind. Tradition is tradition, however, at the Ironbar’s nightly cane toad races, and if the race director said it was good luck for “jockeys’’ to peck their warty steeds, ...
