Cape Tribulation

The beginning of Oz

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June 12th 2007
Hi! The last week or so has been busy trying to sort out my time here. In brief I've been in Cairns, Cape Tribulation, Port Douglas then Cairns again. ............ When I arrived in Cairns it was 25 degrees and really humid. It has since cooled down but I'm still in shorts, flip flops, bikini, sunglasses, sunhat etc having ditched the fleece, raincoat, covered shoes, headscarf etc (fo ... 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