Mossman Gorge

Where the Reef meets the Rainforest

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September 16th 2008
Rain rain and more rain was what I was greeted with when I arrived in Australia. And it was cold! After 5 weeks in Hong Kong and the heat and humidity there, 22degrees was pretty chilly in my book. So as I stood at Cairns airport domestic terminal waiting for Pete and looking like a lemon with an incredibly large rucksack I was getting a little damp. An hour later I finally manged to find him, at ... 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