Rainforest Station Park

The Tropical North

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May 30th 2012
Only 50 mins drive from Cairns and we arrived in Port. We had booked a sweet townhouse, self contained at a place called A Tropical Night only 15min walk into the town centre. Sam, forever scoping out great deals, got us the place for only $60 a night! The town was quaint and low key and the lovely Four Mile Beach was only minutes away also but warnings of stingers everywhere made it a little unap ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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