Cairns Highlands

Atherton Tablelands

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August 18th 2010
Before we went on our Great Barrier Reef Dive trip, we left the city Cairns behind us for a couple of days and took the new wheels/home for a spin in the country and headed to Atherton Tablelands. Also Known as the 'Cairns Highlands' it's in the tropics and part of the Great Dividing Range. We'd read and heard that the scenery was stunning and there was plenty to see and the Tablelands do have ... 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