Gardening Paradise

Recovery

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October 17th 2010
Pretty quiet Sunday here. Took a long walk to get our land legs back. Port Douglas has an outdoor market on Sundays, so we wandered all around there, got some good gifts, including something to enhance Heather's reputation. Had a picnic lunch by the beach, a glass of wine at the Port Douglas Yacht Club, and a wonderful dinner downtown, including the famous Moseman Cove "Bugmeat", which is lar ... 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