Cairns Esplanade

Cairns & The Great Barrier Reef

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September 8th 2011
Hi all, Well our day started early with a 7am arrival at the airport. We left Sydney on the way to Cairns to surprise our Canadian friends as they thought we would be arriving the following day little did they know we would be waiting at the airport for them with our disguises. We arrived at Cairns domestic terminal and made our way across to the international terminal with our signs that John ... 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