Cairns Post

Flora, fauna & ferals

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January 17th 2007
Far North Queensland, home of scenic delights such as the Great Barrier Reef, Atherton Tablelands, Cape Tribulation and also to some of the most feral forms of human life imaginable (and that includes Wolverhampton). With Matt Richards stranded in Noosa it was back to solo travelling for a while and after arriving at Gilligan's hostel to be greeted in my dorm by a German randomly wingeing abou ... 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