Outdoor Rooms

Just before the 'Big' part of the Adventure

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July 2nd 2011
Today we celebrated Mitchell's second birthday! He had lots of fun unwrapping the presents that everyone had sent with him, then we all enjoyed the train cake that Toni made for him. Tomorrow we leave for Cooktown. We have a few hours of sealed roads then we hit the dirt for three weeks which all of us are looking forward to. We have spent the last few days stocking up on last minute suppl ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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