The Tip

Cairns & Cape York

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August 31st 2011
Hello It’s a while since making the last entry, due to a busy schedule in Cairns. Our friends Paul and Heather came up to stay with us for a week in Crystal Cascades Holiday Park. The time flew with just about every day earmarked with an outing. We visited Kuranda by travelling up on the Train and returning on the Skyrail chairlift. What great rides they were. Another day was spent on a visit ... 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