Port Douglas

Port Douglas

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April 8th 2007
New Word: Pippie, small clams that are picked from the shoreline. The past couple of days have been overcast and rainy. When looking up to the skies it appears like a bag of muddy cottonballs, but as this jumble of dirty cotton balls float by they slightly break apart to show glimps of the blue sky above. Regardless of the "pour" weather we took an hour drive north to Port Douglas; ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more