Christmas tree in Cairns

Finding Nemo and Flip Flops on Trees

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December 1st 2008
We strolled off the plane bleary eyed at Brisbane International Airport to greetings of "G'Day, Welcome to Australia: Home of the Convicts" (just kidding, it didn't mention the convicts). With six hours to kill before our connecting flight we found some food and then the best leather sofa in the airport and curled up for an hour's sleep. That was the plan but we didn't really wake up until about t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Great Barrier Reef

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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