View of the Reef

Cairns!

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May 26th 2006
Final stop on my tour of Aus is Cairns. Got 6 nights here before i catch a flight home on Tuesday/Wednesday. Taking it fairly easy whilst i'm here. Today i got myself a sceneic flight over the reef and on up to Port Douglas and back down the coast. About an hours worth of flying which was awesome. Flying as low as 500 feet at times so had some good views of the reef and islands, not to mention to ... 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