view during boat trip

Fitzroy Island

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July 5th 2012
For our last day in Cairns, 5 French went to an island 45 min with the boat from Cairns. We wanted to do some scuba diving at the great barrier reef, but that is really too expensive. Thus this Island trip was the cheapest solution to get in touch with some nice beaches, beautiful water, some snorkling, hike in rain forest and to be a bit far from a city. The weather could have been better. But ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Mossman

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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