Kangaroo

Rain rain and even more rain

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February 2nd 2011
Thump! We had arrived at our accommodation and hit the bed. Urrgh!! Cough! Huh! Zzzz! Urrgh!! Cough! Huh! Zzzz! Uuugh!! It went like this for about 48hrs or more and then we heard the tropical parrots, saw the light streaming through the curtains and felt the tropical heat drifting towards us and life slowly began to return to normal so we began to tentatively explore Cairns. By this time we had ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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