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Port Douglas - Great Barrier Reef

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December 17th 2006
We stopped off at Mossman Gorge on the way to Port Douglas. It was a really nice place with lots of nice little water falls and a big rainforest walk. We had a nice look around Port Douglas - it's a very nice place. Bill Clinton has a house there as do lots of other rich people. We, on the other hand, stayed in a tent at Dougie's hostel. We met some really nice Aussies in the evening and had a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Port Douglas

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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