SKY DIVING!!!

Living the High Life - at 14,000 ft!!!

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October 7th 2007
It's about 4:30pm in the afternoon on Sunday the 7th. I'm currently on the beautiful Magnetic Island off the coast of Townsville, south of Cairns. It's still hot outside, the weather has been amazing the last few days. Following my last entry, I enjoyed a bit more time up in Cape Tribulation in the rainforest. The weather turned sour there on my last morning there - saw rain for the first ... 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