Banana Fields

How to see northwest Queensland in one day

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April 18th 2008
Friday, 18th April 2008, Well, we had scheduled a drive trip to the Great Barrier Reef today but when we checked with the dive guide, the trip was canceled “due to high wind”. It has been windy this week but I believe the trip was canceled due to low bookings. The boat holds 150 people and this is the off session. Anyway, we can all this way only to miss out on the one thing we both wanted ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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