Kuranda Train

Last few days in Oz!

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June 6th 2006
All good things must come to an end, and our time in Australia has been fantastic. I have loved it. In the days between the diving and flying to New Zealand we mostly headed into the rainforest area around Cairns. The day after diving involved sleeping as we had the luxury of a lie-in for the first time in a few days, and on Monday we also had an early start... back at the boat terminal for 8 s ... 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