Pyramid on Whitehaven beach!

Cairns to Brisbane

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November 28th 2010
So we flew from Christchurch to Cairns and the first thing that hit us was the heat and humidity even though it was night time! This was only a taster of what was to come over the next few weeks! We just stayed in a hostel on the fist night and then picked up our Hippie Camper the next day. Not quite as nice as 'Hotel Hiace' we had in New Zealand but it does the job! We hung around Cairns for a ... 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