Fine pair indeed!

Welcome to the Queensland

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March 10th 2006
Well we finally see the ocean again and hit the east cost of Cairns!!! Cairns is a lovely town, very popular with tight arse backpackers like ourselves, so it's right up our street!!! The only downside is we arrived mid rainy season, and when I say rainy, non stop torrential raining for a week. With non stop rain, heat still early 30's, and 90% humidity, you can imagine the sweathole our cam ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Port Douglas

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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