Cape Tribulation

First Days In Cairns

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May 5th 2006
On the morning of the 3rd, I decided to head up to Cairns on the 10:40 Greyhound bus. When I got to Cairns, I understood why Shane had described it as a city you would imagine in Western Movies. All the buildings are low - and the streets are quite narrow. It is MUCH smaller than I expected. It almost seems more like a tourist resort than a major city - with every other store being a travel store ... 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