Plane journey

Cairns, Australia

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June 12th 2007
I was amazed to find myself with three seats to myself on this flight. I also had three blankets and slept like a baby, except when we had to get off to refuel in Darwin at 2am. I arrived in Cairns and the first thing I did was go to the supermarket get some real western food, while marvelling at how easy it was to get directions to the supermarket now I was in an English speaking country. My ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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