View out to the bush

GoneWild in Cairns

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March 8th 2009
I’ve realised that many of the highlight for me when I’ve been travelling have been seeing the wildlife of the country I’m in. A leaflet in the hostel travel shop had my name all over it (not literally of course): Gone Wild. I booked. I was the only true tourist on the little bus that picked me up. There were four of us all together, myself, a Dutch girl working in a Hostel and an olde ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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