Tongue Bay lookout

Taman Negara to Airlie Beach

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May 22nd 2008
Taman Negara was definitely the highlight of Malaysia. After taking a three hour long longboat journey through a network of creeks and rivers into the depths of the jungle, we found our hostel in the middle of a floating village. The first activity was the world's longest canopy walkway and at forty metres we were pretty high up. With a fear of heights I found this rather scary, but being up ther ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach

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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