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In the rainforest

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June 21st 2009
Yesterday I took an amazing day trip up to the Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation. I woke up at 7am, got picked up at 7:30 and was gone until 7pm. It was a long day, but completely amazing. It was the first rainforest I’d ever been to. The guide was a nice girl who actually grew up in Cape Tribulation, so she knew a lot about it. I was bombarded with a ton of information all day, most ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation

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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