Speeding and Spiders in Queensland... Photo 3

Speeding and Spiders in Queensland...

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March 7th 2010
Armed with my new weapon against the world, my friend Helen who is from Wales, but sounds like a scouser, we flew from a very wet and humid Darwin to a very hot Cairns. This was to be the starting point of my east coast trip. I guessed that everyone who does the east coast would be about 10 years younger than me, but on the flipside that meant all the girls would be 18/19, so with every silver clo ... read more

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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