Forest Fire Anyone?

Onward to Cairns......

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August 7th 2008
Our next major destination was Cairns and we had decided that we should attempt to get there along smaller, less used roads rather on the main sealed roads we were so bored of travelling on! Dale had also been researching the area and there was a couple of interesting places we wanted to visit. However, after 3 days of bumpy roads and limited signposts we had found none of the attractions we h ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Nambour

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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