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Diving and Rafting in 'Paradise'

September 23rd 2009
"Ladies and gentlemen: welcome to paradise I mean Cairns" - pilot of Jet Airways Flight JQ 58 from Darwin to Cairns. I know what the pilot meant as I peered out of the window; from the air this place is paradise, with an glimpses of the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest reef, bigger than the UK and the only living thing visible from the Moon! I’ll add loads of vari ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Cairns City

Australian Flag 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
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