A Cassowary crossing the road

9000 km round Australia

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December 3rd 2009
Our huge 6 week and 9000 km road trip began in Cairns, North East Australia! We hopped onto our 20 man boat and headed out to the Great Barrier Reef to see what all the fuss is about. Two hours away from the coastline we dropped into the warm water in the Outer Reef. We were at the start of 'stinger season' where the box jellies and irukanji are rife but according to our tour guide they hadn't ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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