Big Gumboot, Tully

Cairns update

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June 13th 2014
So, we made it to Cairns, with car and trailer lights all working, thanks to the auto-electrician Grant convinced to work on our car at the drop of a hat. Arrived Tuesday afternoon to the Coconut Caravan Resort - which is the boys' favourite place in the world after we visited here 5 years ago. Set up camp in the drizzling rain, and headed off to our first of many outdoor movies for the week. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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