Photos and fishes

The Reef

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April 14th 2008
Wow. After 18 months of living over here, I've finally made it up to the Reef....the Great Barrier Reef that is. A weekend out of the City was well overdue and after not much thought and a little inspiration, Cairns was the destination. Cairns is a 3 hour direct flight from Sydney, and handily has a 7:30pm flight which means that although you arrive late, you don't have to get up very early the ... 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