Mataranka Thermal Spring

Australia - Cairns to Darwin (4 day tour)

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June 26th 2007
We boarded our tour bus at 6am on Saturday 30 June to begin our 2939km 4 day road trip to Darwin. We traveled west across the Atherton Tablelands with its lush scenery and headed into the remoteness of the outback. After stopping at a waterfall, we continued on via Mount Surprise and stopped for a unique snake show where we sat in the hot sun and had lunch. We continued on through the Gulf Sava ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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