P1090554

Oz; 1770, Airlie Beach, Whitsunday Islands, Cairns and Cape Tribualtion

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May 29th 2010
Our final installation of Australia is being written with us still in the country. Organised, I think so. We arrived from Rainbow Beach after a day time bus which lost us much of the day, but saved us from another night trip, coming into 1770 Town at 6pm. We met our shuttle person who said that the hostel was 100m down the street. He wasn't far off. The droms were quite nice with a cnetral outdoor ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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