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Cairns

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April 13th 2007
so we stopped over in cairns a couple days before and after our cape tribualtion trip! it is a very different city to anoy others we have been to. there are no high rise buildings and the city is right on the beach front. They have an esplanade which was really nice. Along it they had bbq stations, exercise stations (which we obviously used everyday), a skate park, a lagoon which was cool.....w ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Cairns City

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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