Mount Whitfield Environmental Park

During my first day in Cairns, after exploring the commercial area downtown, I decided to get back to nature and walked to this environmental park to do a bit of a walk. Interestingly enough, there was a sign up warning about cassowaries (a large, rainforest bird) in the area. Wait until you see what this bird looks like...I was thinking a small, turkey-like bird perhaps...

Cairns: Reef and Rainforest

August 4th 2006
After my 4-day stint in Sydney, I decided to head further north to the state of Queensland, and more specifically to the city of Cairns. In summary, my entire trip was based on the Australian trinity of amazing sights: harbour, reef, and rock. I had seen the harbour, and now I wanted to see the reef! My first day in Cairns was spent exploring the city, which did not encompass much to be honest ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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

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