Karen, Joel, Jeff, Meg

Quite the Start

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February 6th 2010
G'day mates, Well, we arrived in Cairns, Australia on February 3rd (after a luxurious air New Zealand flight!) and decided to explore the town of the Great Barrier Reef. It's a fairly big beach town with lots to see (including a very large colony of flying foxes! They're massive and hard to photograph!). We had a day of relaxation which we spent by the wonderful pool at our hostel. We then ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Cairns City

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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