This was about the size of my hand!

Caning it in Cairns

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June 2nd 2006
Well, I arrived on the 26th and have had a wonderful week of wandering around, window shopping and lazing in the sun. Cairns is a cool place. Lots to do and great access to the reef, although I've not bothered, having seen what I'd consider enough on my Whitsnudays snorking excrsions - yes I know the reef is massive, but you know what I mean. As I mentioned, I met up with Em and Gem in Gilli ... 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