Tree Full of Flying Foxes

Tropical Queensland: Deadly Aussies - From Crocs to Cassowaries

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May 10th 2009
As soon as we stepped outside of Cairns Airport the heat hit us - we had forgotten what 30 degree heat feels like! We picked up our hire car to find it wasn't a little "Manual Hyundai Getz or similar", but an enormous automatic Toyota. It has a huge boot, speed tracking, cruise control and is generally too big and fancy for us two to be rolling up to cheap hostels in! Aside from the scorching heat ... 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