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Queensland Day 4

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December 13th 2009
Another highlight of the trip - hot air ballooning!! We picked Cairns to be our destination for hot air ballooning as it’s said to have the best views and also some of the biggest balloons in the world. We chose to go with the company “Hot Air” which has the symbolic koala and kangaroo balloons and they also have the biggest balloons in Australia. The bigger the balloon, the higher up it g ... 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