Ozzie Flags Flying in Cairns

Cairns & Cape Tribulation

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September 12th 2007
We've made it to Oz!! "G'day, how a' ya??" , "throw another shrimp on the barby..." , " ... mate!", "SteveO!" In Cairns, we finally hit the proverbial travel-wall. We booked into a hostel on the main drag and basically did nothing but enjoy the city's nightlife for the next three evenings and took things easy during the day instead of charging around trying to see and do things. Followi ... 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