Noosa Beach

Cairns and my travels up the coast

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April 3rd 2007
So where to start, has been a while and a lot has happened, but I've spent the last 2 hours putting up photo's, so may break it up a bit. But a good plce to start would be yesterday, when I got woken by the news that a possible tsunami could be heading for Cairns, so had to jump out of bed, still had time for a shave, but no shower as we had to head upto the 4th floor of the hostel we're at. But ... 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