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Cairns 19and20/10

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October 21st 2008
Yesterday we had a lazy day exploring more of cairns area and were happy to finally find a cheap supermarket (woolworths). Today we went walking around pandanus swamp forest/lowland paper bark forest/tropical palm forest/flecker botanical gardens/fitzaland gardens and the centenery lakes (one freshwater and one saltwater lake). These were all very pretty and we managed not to get eaten by anyt ... read more

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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