I am in a real rainforest!

Meet the Tjapukai people and see the rainforest

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July 4th 2005
On Monday I went to Kuranda, a small village on the mountains just outside of Cairns. The village is so commercialized that it was really boring, but on the way I did some exciting things. The first place I visited was an Aboriginal Culture park called Tjapukai. They call it "culture park" and not culture center and probably for a good reason - it does feel a bit like Disney, except for one ver ... 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