Cairns Lagoon

Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef

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February 26th 2007
Cairns is a very nice town with plenty to do in it. I flew in here from Alice Springs with Miriam from heidelberg germany who was on the Uluru trip with me and coincidently the same flight to Cairns. She met up with her mate Jamie from the usa and we hung around for a few days. We did a tour of the rainforest up there and it was a cool day out. The bus driver had us playing all sorts of games and ... 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