Airlie Beach; I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

Airlie Beach; I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside.

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December 17th 2006
Thursday 14th - Saturday 16th December. As I boarded the 8:35 Sunlander for my eight hour journey heading south from Cairns I grabbed a copy of the local rag, The Cairns Post and it had me smiling straight away. Just imagine these headlines in The Daily Telegraph; "Dob In Hoons, Urges Top Cop" which roughly translates in English to tell the police if you know any drink drivers, "Grog Bender Ends ... 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