Graeme and a sea cucumber

Having a great time on the backpacker circuit...

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July 14th 2005
Hello all! Just a quick update as we're waiting for a bus to collect us for our 2 day sailing trip to the Whitsunday Islands. Last time I wrote we were in Canberra; from there we flew to Cairns to begin our 2 1/2 week trip down the Queensland coast to Brisbane. We didn't spend much time in Cairns, we used it as a base to visit Cape Tribulation (a gorgeous area of beach and rainforest about ... 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