Hayman Island

Cairns, Barron River, Hayman Island

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November 2nd 2007
Well after my breakfast at Silky Oaks it was time to leave for the hour and a half journey back to Cairns City The road mostly follows the coast but leaving the Daintree area behind you first travel through Sugar Cane country an important crop for this area. Then the road becomes quite twisty but you get some great views of the ocean as you head back into the hussle and bussle of the city I was s ... 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