The view from Skybury

Chillagoe Caves

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December 2nd 2009
Hello, today I got out of Cairns for a day trip to Chillagoe. I picked this because the itinerary was a little bit different from the reef or rainforest included in most trips around here- which I'll be doing anyway. Chillagoe is about 200km away from Cairns on the other side of the Great Dividing Range. This is a mountain range running along much of the East coast, separating the seaside from ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Atherton Tablelands

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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