Cairns

WE FOUND NEMO!

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September 21st 2010
Hi all, Yeah you guessed it, Great Barrier Reef time! We travelled up to Cairns on the Business Class Tilt Train on Friday/Saturday and after a few hiccups (a two hour delay when the train wouldn't move and a derailment further up the line forcing us to do the last 5 hours by coach) we finally arrived on Saturday night. Went to explore Cairns on Sunday - there's a really nice lagoon here with ... 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