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Up Up & Away

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December 13th 2008
An early start, awake at 03.45 for a Hot Air Balloon Flight. We were collected by minibus and taken to a Balloon Launch site, basically a field. There were 5 or 6 balloons being prepared, ours was a nice red one with a Koala on the side. The pilot and ground crew must have been up early as the balloon was already partially inflated when we arrived. But we still had time to watch the gas being t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Cairns City

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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