View from the bungalow

Kewarra Beach, Cairns

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February 25th 2015
Arrived at the Kewarra Beach Resort at about 4.00 on Saturday arvo. Greeted by hundreds of fruit bats hanging and squawking in the trees! The noise was incredible and the sight quite amazing as they are very big and constantly flap their wings to keep cool. They look like upside down graduates! We were told they arrived about 6 months ago when their favourite trees were cut down in Cairns and this ... 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