view from the hill

Last days in Port Douglas before going to Daintree

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August 27th 2008
So after rescheduling my second dive day a couple of times, it still didn’t work out since the weather has continued to be cool, windy, overcast. I will just have to wait to dive again in the sunny Carribean. Yesterday I worked in the morning and then hung out at the pool (then the beach) and met some lovely Victorian’s - Lynn and Ian. They own a canola farm south of Melbourne which I am now i ... 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