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Colourful reef from the helicopter  
   

Colourful reef from the helicopter

Wanderings in Australia - 3 - Cairns & the Great Barrier Reef

February 9th 2015
Flying from the small Uluru airport transported us further across the outback and looking down from the aircraft revealed a dramatic change from the red sand and featureless landscape into the verdant green sward of the tropical rainforest of Queensland. A dramatic change in weather was also apparent with hot and humid conditions and occasional torrential tropical thunderstorms!! A 90 minute ca ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

Australian Flag 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
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