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Cairns - Diving The Great Barrier Reef

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October 25th 2007
The next leg of our trip was one that we’d particularly been looking forward to - diving at The Great Barrier Reef. The reef is located off Queensland’s tropical northern coast and is one of the natural wonders of the world; it is 2300km long and one of the best places to access it from is Cairns. This meant a 4am start from our hotel to get the 06.10 flight east out of Darwin, but it’s only ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » open water

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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