Sugar cane

Can't Believe we're swimming the Great Barrier!!!

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July 5th 2007
Our late afternoon flight was uneventful and we arrived in good time to arrange another two days on our car rental. We've decided to drive up to Cape Tribulation...everyone talks about the beaches. We are staying at the hostel for two nights so we can focus on a full day on the reef. It was interesting to drive up north of Cairns, you can't see much because there is sugar can everywhere, right ... 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