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Great Barrier Reef!

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April 27th 2011
Hi everyone, not much to report so this is just a quick blog but since the whitsundays we are now in Cairns. On the 27th April we went on the Great Barrier Reef. We had to get up at 6am and we left on the boat at approx 7:30am. We knew it might be a bit rough when they were telling everyone to take sickness tablets so I knew this wasnt a good sign straight away! It was all good to start with a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Cairns City » Inn The Tropics

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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