Our first meal in Cairns!

Cairns and into Northern Queensland

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February 1st 2008
We traveled around Queensland in a camper van for a few weeks, exploring the tropical lowlands as well as the highlands. Drove through some amazing landscapes, snorkeled at the Great Barrier Reef, zipped through tropical rainforests, fed hungry wallabies and got stuck in torrential rain and flooding - all whilst keeping our sense of humour :-) ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Cairns City

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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