Beautiful bouganvilla

Intro to Cairns

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November 22nd 2006
Another busy day but fun. After breakfast at the Oasis we hear a lecture on Wet Tropical Rain Forest of North Queensland by Brian Clarke. Interesting iformation and lecturer. We board a coach and go to Kuranda -- a village (for tourists) in the rain forest. We have some "retail therapy" as Brian calls it. Find a framed Aboriginal Print we like and buy it. Then we have lunch at the Trading Post Res ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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