Creek at Cape Tribulation

Cape Tribulation & Daintree Rainforest

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December 19th 2006
July 29 - August 3, 2006 Saturday Once we reached Cairns we began to focus for the first time in planning our departure from Australia. Up until that point we knew only that we would be headed to New Zealand and then on to China as we were locked in by our soon-to-expire Chinese visas. So while the other visitors to Cairns bathed in the slow-paced, fun-loving and sun-drenched life that the ... 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