Diving at the Gt Barrier Reef

The East Coast starts here.....

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November 28th 2008
Hello again you lucky lucky blog readers and you've guessed it, it's time for yet another blog! I'm now in my 3rd week in New Zealand but I know you'd all be gutted if I skipped the rest of the 'Oz leg' of my trip and that is something I don't want on my conscience, ummmm really..... plus I am legally bound by Travelblog not to miss anything out (not true)....so strap yourselves in (not like that ... 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