Caroline in Cooktown

Exploring the Great Barrier Reef

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October 23rd 2007
I know, I know!!! So sorry it has taken me so long to upload our photos from Bill and Pat's (Mike's parents) visit to Sydney and our trip to the Great Barrier Reef with them. Life has been a little hectic, what with being pregnant and lethargic etc, but I think I am back in 'business' now. We had a lovely time in the Great Barrier Reef. We travelled to Cairns (north east coast of Australia) wh ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cooktown

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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