Outside the famous Lion’s Den Hotel

East Coast South to North

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July 29th 2011
Friday 29th July - Cooktown to Cairns via the Bloomfield Track After a night’s rest in Cooktown all our warning lights have recovered their equilibrium, though sadly the air conditioning is still not working. Never mind, only one day back to Cairns and it’s on a nice shady track where we won’t be able to go too fast! The first part of the “track”, to Helensvale, is actually a good tarma ... 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