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Tropical Cairns . . .

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January 15th 2009
Well, the worst rain to hit Cairns for 10 years fell over two days - flooded the place! Least I can say I've been in a Monsoon. . . Went up to a place called Hartley's croc farm on Monday, just outside Cairns with my new mate Aaron from Texas . . The landscape is quite stunning, coming out of Cairns we drove through what seems like miles of sugar cane fields and banana plantations, the rain fo ... 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