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Cairns

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March 24th 2009
March 23-24h, 2009 Whitsunday Islands and Cairns Yesterday the weather was overcast, blustery and generally awful. We chose not to go on for a 2 hr catamaran ride for an hour and a half dive over the Great Barrier Reef(198.00$ US) pity, everybody was seasick and most were afraid to get in the water because it was so rough! Instead we tendered into Hamilton Island, I rode the free shuttle around ... 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