Tomatoes coming into Bowen

A short stay in Bowen

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September 16th 2009
We had intended heading north from Port Douglas to Cooktown but a wind had come up and we remembered what a windy place Cooktown can be. So we headed south instead. It's a shame we missed going back to Mossman Gorge and the Daintree but we'll do that again next time! We had a couple of nights in Rollingstone .. again .. which always recharges the batteries, and took off again this morning. It' ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Bowen

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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