Cooktown 2 505 Like Ours - in Cooktown!

Cooktown 2

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July 21st 2010
20th July: Today we walked to the base of Mt Cook, and decided that tomorrow we’ll drive to the base, then make the climb. We were late leaving the van park this morning as we got chatting to a group of people who came in last night at the end of a trip to Cape York. They were from NSW and noticed our NSW number plates, so asked where we were from. It transpired that our Nalya Road Community Fir ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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