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Cairns

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January 6th 2011
Hello We've landed safely in Cairns which is fufilling its job of being hot and sticky!!! Had a lovely time in Melbourne with Edwina and travelled around quite a bit, Australia is massive!!! Drove along the Great Ocean Road and saw the Twelve Apostles. Up at 4.30am on Tuesday and caught the train to Melbourne for a day trip where we went up the Eurika Sky Tower, toured the MCG, went to the shrine ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Cairns City

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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