Rainforest to the shore

Reef, Rainforest & White Water

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December 20th 2006
After the 12 hour over night coach journey from Airlie beach, in which a little shit kept waking me up by playing his ipod at full volume even when he was asleep I arrived in Cairns. Had a few hours to kill and you guessed it McDonalds breakfast was in order. I then went to the airport to meet my family who had arrived from Hong Kong. Our place of stay was Port Douglas in the Sheraton Mirage hotel ... 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