Matt and his pal

Goodbye OZ!

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May 24th 2008
Finding Nemo Well second day in Cairns and wow…did we find nemo and much more! Firstly we drove up past more sugar cane and banana plantations from Mission Beach one sunny morning (we really can’t get by without air con from this point). The scenery is beautiful through the tablelands from Mission Beach to Cairns (and beyond) with mountainous rainforest following the route north. When we arriv ... 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