amy and a dingo

A Rainbow on Rainbow Beach.

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March 23rd 2009
Following on from Cairns, we caught our bus from the town centre and headed towards Mission Beach with our driver guide Squirtle. First stop was a nice stroll through the rainforest where Amy pointed out spiders and I ducked around the spiders. Fun times! It was very humid in the rainforest but very pretty and after our brisk walk we had breakfast in a small town which looked like it was stuck in ... 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