Mossman Gorge

The Great Barrier Reef

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January 29th 2011
On the way to Port Douglas I went on a day trip to Cape Tribulation to see the Daintree Rainforest and guess what, it rained all day. We went on a river cruise to see crocodiles. Unfortunately we didn't see one as the river was to high due to the rain and the croc's were just swimming underneath. We did see a snake, but was hardly interested. Did a boardwalk of the rainforest and got soaked. We he ... 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