Cairns - Finding Nemo 015 (2)

Cairns - Finding Nemo

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November 9th 2008
Here we are at our penultimate stop in Australia - North Queensland (NQ), Cairns where we are staying at Palm Cove (one of Cairns northern beaches). NQ and Cairns is renowned for its wet tropics region with the tropical rainforest and quite magnificent beaches along with some rugged terrain, but first we had to deal with a country that virtually closed down - for a few hours at least. Simila ... 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