Cairns jetty

The Great Barrier Reef

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October 3rd 2006
Sunday October 1st Paul - An emotional goodbye was had this morning as we hugged Meika, Dave and our comfy beds goodbye. Unfortunately they were the only people up this morning to wave us goodbye (damn everyone else to hell) but we did wave bye to Sonya (our German cleaner, she likes Panic At The Disco bless her) on the way out. After boarding the plane to fly up to Cairns we were al ... 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