Advertisement
« previous next »
Night at Fitzroy Island bar  
   

Night at Fitzroy Island bar

Cairns: Tablelands, Rainforest, Islands and Reef

August 5th 2012
Got to catch-up with Mom and Bill in Cairns late July/early August 2012. We had a great time exploring northern Queensland from the hills, to the rainforest and out to the reef. The most surprising thing for me was the number and variety of animal life... after living in NZ for so long I forgot what it's like to see wildlife other than birds roaming the wild. The reef was exciting and ev ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

Australian Flag 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
Advertisement
Tot: 0.154s; Tpl: 0.005s; cc: 12; qc: 66; dbt: 0.1059s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.2mb