Kuranda Railway Crossing a Bridge

March 25 – Port Douglas, Australia

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March 25th 2014
G’day from back in Australia. Today we arrived in Port Douglas (roughly 16 ½ degree South Latitude). We had an early excursion today so we had to get a quick start. We had a “small breakfast” in the Horizon Court and then went to the Princess Theater by 7:10 this morning. Port Douglas is a town which struggled for an identity for a couple of centuries. Its first major claim to fame was ... 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