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Day 31: Mossman Gorge and the Daintree Rainforest‏

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January 9th 2013
We headed up North of Port Douglas to a town called Mossman - driving through we both turned to each other and said 'it looks very American'. The houses were wooden bungalow types, the shops were all something-mart and there were signs for 'real estate'. We carried on to the gorge and decided to start with the short rainforest trek. Two kilometres later and we were looking pretty s ... 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