The lagoon by day

Up to warm weathered Queensland

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September 28th 2007
The week flew by but it was simply an amazing trip up to Cairns. Melbourne was even nice enough to remind us that it's quite a bit cooler and rainier here when we returned. Cairns had the feeling of Mexico where you flee to during the cold months at home. And it's definitely a tourist area where souvenirs were apparent on every corner. The first day we went up to Palm Cove which is a bus rid ... 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