Cairns/Whitsundays/Surfers Paradise Photo 5

Cairns/Whitsundays/Surfers Paradise

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November 23rd 2010
Well, its been a long time since I've updated (mainly due to the remote places I've been in the last little while!). Had a great time in Cairns again. I went on another reef tour with the Contiki group which was actually a lot better than the first one. It was more what I was expecting to see: big coral reef shelves with big drop offs and TONS of fish swimming around. We saw a neat one called a Ma ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Surfers Paradise

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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