Tree near our hostel

Cyclone Larry!

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March 21st 2006
HI all, Just a quick update as we have only just managed to get power and phone lines restored after 2 days without following Cyclone Larry which tore through Queensland and the Cairns region. Today's papers suggested that it came with winds of upto 280/290 kph and having been woken up by the winds at 6am on monday morning I reckon they werent far off from what we saw outside, usual hurric ... 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