From the rainforest to the reef

Cairns and onto Cape Tribulation

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April 23rd 2007
Seemed to spend the whole day getting the Greyhound to Cairns from Airlie Beach as we had to wait about 3 hours for the bus to turn up. Anyway, despite the huge delay I think we got into Cairns just before midnight. The next day was spent exploring Cairns before heading up to Cape Tribulation and the Great Barrier Reef. Not really that much to report from Cairns itself really. It's not a fanta ... 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