Kuranda Photo 57

Kuranda

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May 25th 2010
Today I went on another free day tour - this time to Kuranda. Kuranda is a town tucked into the rainforest about an hour south and inland of Port Douglas. I was picked up by the Reef & Rainforest bus and driven down to the Sky Rail, where I hopped onto a gondola and flew over the rainforest canopy towards Kuranda. It was lovely being all alone above the rainforest, with the wind blowing gently ... 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