Skydive!

SKYDIVING IN CAIRNS!!

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May 6th 2006
WARNING: This entry is written on the day the individual jumped out of a plane at 14,000 feet. Excitement levels may be too high to comprehend. I SKYDIVED!! I had been talking about it since the moment I saw the advertisements in the first hostel in Sydney - talking to every other backpacker about where they had done it, whether they had bought the video, what they felt like, where was the che ... 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