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Advancing, Birthdays and Barrier Reefs

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July 25th 2006
I am 25. It blows. OK, well it is not that bad, but really feeling like I will be as old as my dad soon (sorry pops) and would so much rather be 18 again. The day started off fairly badly. It is the first time ever that I thought I would be guaranteed sunshine on my birthday - I am in bloody Queensland for gods sake. Wrong. I woke up to thundering rain on the window. Great. This was not made ... 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