We didn't want to leave

At home in Townsville after taking in the Tablelands

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August 22nd 2007
Right then, time for some serious sightseeing. Enough of all that socialising in Cairns and the rainforest and what not, it's time to put Madge to the test and cover some serious Queensland kilometres...that's the plan anyway. Cairns proved to be yet another difficult location to say goodbye to, although I was beginning to get the feeling that the same people could start popping up where you lea ... 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