Tablelands

Cairns and the East Coast

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January 31st 2007
Right from Sydney we made our way up to Cairns, via a cheap internal flight, which was actually on time which makes a nice change. We arrived in Cairns at about 10 at night and immediatly was hit by humidity and heat, my god it was hot! Ideal weather for a nice cold beer in the hostel when we arrived!! The hostel was pretty amazing compared to every other place, it was en suite, air conditioned an ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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