Sunset over Anzac Park

Australia Part 1: Cape Trib to the Whitsundays

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August 29th 2006
Part I: Far North Queensland We arrived in Australia on a flight from Auckland, New Zealand. We’d spent just one night close to Auckland Airport where we had a cold night and found it bizarrely enjoyable: mosquito-free and blankets on the bed. Great! We arrived in Cairns to a beautiful, hot, sunny day…this is what Queenslanders call winter! Despite our travel-induced fog of tiredness, we ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach

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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