Different Types of Rainforest Ferns

Cairns - Rain Forest and the Great Barrier Reef

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November 4th 2006
We have finally made it to Cairns. We have done the whole of the East Coast (well all the good places anyway). Starting in Sydney - Coffs Harbour - Byron Bay - Hervey Bay - Fraser Island - Airlie Beach - The Whitsundays - Now Cairns. Yay! We are here to see the wonderous rainforest and the GREAT BARRIER REEF. What we have only dreamed of. An exciting place, still no signs of the mobile yet though! ... 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