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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]
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] Blog: From a Different Perspective
Date: September 27th 2009
DAY 324 7.00am Sunday morning I jumped out of bed, why? Well today we are going to do the hike to the top of the Barron Gorge so we can stand on the steel bridge, at the base of Red Bluff, that you have seen in the photo’s when we have walked up there before and when we took some photo’s of the Cairns/Kuranda Scenic Railway. I did myself a cup of tea, its still too early to take one in ... read more
Date: September 27th 2009
DAY 324 7.00am Sunday morning I jumped out of bed, why? Well today we are going to do the hike to the top of the Barron Gorge so we can stand on the steel bridge, at the base of Red Bluff, that you have seen in the photo’s when we have walked up there before and when we took some photo’s of the Cairns/Kuranda Scenic Railway. I did myself a cup of tea, its still too early to take one in ... read more
