with Els and Mette

Happy New Year!

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December 31st 2005
Even though it seemed like it would be better to be back in Sydney, New Year's was really good...it's all what you make of it, right? Had a fairly lazy day of lounging at the pool with Els, my Belgian roommate, and doing not much else. Again, not much to do in Cairns unless you go out for a day tour somewhere. In the evening, we went to dinner and came back to meet Mette, our Danish roommate, and ... 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