Cairns

First stop in Oz....Welcome to Cairns!

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January 8th 2010
08 January 2010 - 13 January 2010 Exchange rate: GBP1 = A$1.79 TRANSPORT: Bali to Darwin by plane (JetStar)--US$85 (2h15m) Darwin to Cairns by plane (JetStar)--A$142 (3 hours) ACCOMMODATION: JJ's Backpackers Double, fan, shared bathroom--A$54 (inc. breakfast, dinner, free shuttle buses to / from airport and to / from Cairns CBD. Great little place, 15 minutes from the CBD, with frie ... read more

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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