Diving in the Great Barrier Reef and 14 feet out of the sky overlooking it!!
April 9th 2006 Got to Cairns and checked in to Calypso, the hostel, which was good - room was a bit to basic but the staff were really nice and friendly which made up for it. We ate there that night - all you can eat buffet for $8 which is just over 3 pounds so not bad!
Got up early the next day and went for a jog along the sea (just the sea as there was no sea front there!!) It was a nice way to start the da
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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 
