Cassowary Warning Sign

Whitsundays & Northern Queensland

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April 2nd 2006
So onto the next part of our crazy adventure...... Our plan was put on hold by the arrival of Cyclone Larry in Cairns on the day of our flight. This was a serious cyclone (Category 4) and has caused lots of damage though luckily no casualties. We managed to change our flight to the Whitsunday Islands (several hundred miles further down the coast.) We flew into Hamilton Island (where Los live ... 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