Lessons at Reef Teach

Time to pack up

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February 26th 2008
Well, I guess you could say this is the end of the road for us. After roughly 8000km on the road, we’ve reached Cairns (that includes a couple "short cuts" and routes off the beaten path). I guess there's really not much to say about Cairns itself; obviously everyone comes here for the Great Barrier Reef, but we had a few days before our diving trip to play around the city and a few days after ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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