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Cairns & The Great Barrier Reef

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July 18th 2007
Hi All. Well we are due to leave Oz today, we have mixed feelings we have loved every minute of our time here, and are sad about leaving, but the one advantage (which keeps the smile on our faces) we have is that we are not going home just yet. We fly into Bali today, we were just noticing that we are approx half way through are little adventure, we can not believe we have 7 or so weeks to go. ... 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