A long way from home

Cairns - Reef and Rainforest

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February 4th 2006
The night bus was another long journey bit I managed to get maybe an hours sleep. I arrived in Cairns at 06:20, and caught the courtesy bus to the Bohemia resort. I was exhausted after 4 nights with out any real sleep and my words and actions were a little slurred! I had to wait until 14:00 before they would let me check into my room so the morning was spent doing some washing and enjoying a fu ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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