Outdoor art

Home

---

March 24th 2012
We caught the shuttle for Cairns at 4:15am. We took the “back roads” route from Port Douglas, first up over the coastal mountains, south through the tablelands west of the mountains, then back over them again into Cairns. It took about two hours (twice as long as normal) but we got to Cairns at 6:30 for a 10am flight. Fortunately, the airport had a couple nice options for breakfast. After ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

---

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