Australian bats

Great barrier reef and Cairns

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November 10th 2010
Yesterday I flew to Cairns! The flight was good... I spent the afternoon touring around the city of Cairns. Not a huge city, but I liked what I saw. There is no beach (just muck when the tide goes out) but there is lots of neat crabs and birds poking around in it. They also have this giant free outdoor pool right next to the water so it FEELS like you are swimming in the ocean. The pool was really ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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