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Saturday - sky train, train, butterflies Karunda national park

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November 3rd 2014
** warning Alison Balderson this blog contains graphic images if butterflies ** Today was my final pre paid organised trip in Cairns. Again it was an earlyish start and I got picked up just after 7.30am by the tour company. I was greeted by some very friendly Canadians who were sat at the front of the bus. We continued around Cairns picking up people along the way and as our bus made it's ... 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