Cairns

Cairns

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January 22nd 2011
Cairns is a smaller city than I expected, no sky scrapers and seems a little quiet. Didn't hardly anything in the 2 days I was there mainly due to the abysmal rain. First day I walked around finding out about scuba diving and Cape Tribulation. No beach in Cairns you need to venture out, but they built a man made lagoon for people to swim in and chill out which seemed cool. Next day It rained al ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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