Flowers from the beautiful Cairns Botanical Gardens

Down Under

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March 6th 2009
Australia - 26.01.09 - 06.03.09 Cairns, cyclones and diving Getting to Australia was surprisingly difficult. I don’t mean getting on a plane and flying there - I mean the mental adjustment to being back in a Western country again after 4.5 months in laid-back Asia. And on top of that, it was completely different than I imagined. I know, I know - I should do my research b ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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