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The end of Oz...

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July 12th 2008
Cairns - The return leg home... After several gruelling 18 hour days at the office and literally leaving the packing (on a severe hangover), to an hour and a half before I was due to board my flight to Cairns was shall we say the usual 'Gary' style that will just never leave me! A quick run to the shops to buy some flowers and chocolates for the girls who had looked after me, a bottle ... 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