a polar bear, also having a swim, at singapore zoo

Singapore to Cairns

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March 30th 2006
Hey everyone, Since last blog we've been to Singapore and Cairns- Great Barrier Reef- and tomorrow we are heading to Airlie Beach where we can make trips to the Whitsundays. You'll all be glad to hear that it's absolutely puring it down here- like nothing I've seen in England. Despite temperatures in the late 20's when it rains it pours up here. Whitsundays should be a bit better as the weat ... 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