View from Point Coquette

Cairns (22 - 25 May)

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May 28th 2009
We said our goodbyes to Norma and Herman at Forrest Beach and headed towards Cairns. We stopped briefly at the Cardwell Visitor Centre and then climbed the Golden Gumboot in Tully. The Gumboot is 7.9 m high, which is the height of the highest annual rainfall recorded in Tully in 1950. The average yearly rainfall is 4490 mm. We stopped in Innisfail for a cuppa and catch-up with Ross, an ex-Darw ... 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